General Appearance
Lotus ornithopodioides L., it is an annual herb, erect to procumbent, up to 50 cm long, appressed-hairy, sparingly branched. Upper leaflets 8-18 x4-10 mm. obovate to rhombic; lower pair ovate, smaller than others. Peduncles up to 1.5 times as long as the subtending leaves; bracts 3, longer than calyx, leaflet-like; flowering head (2-) 3-5-flowered. Flowers yellow, c. 1 cm long. Calyx bilabiate, teeth unequal, about as long as tube. Corolla exceeding the calyx; Standard as long as or slightly exceeding wings; kee1 slightly shorter, strongly incurved, short-beaked. Pods (10-) 20-45 x2-3 mm, linear, flattened, sub arcuate, strongly torulose. Seeds c. 2 mm in diam., dark brown, smooth.
Flowering in: Mar-Apr.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Benghazi Plain: Road between Al-Kuwayfyah and Daryanah 1968 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016
Jabal Nafusa: Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Al-Bkur, near Tocra, Upper strem of Wadi El-Kauf 1968 W. Baida, Shahat, Wadi Derna 1970 Shahat 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 Gebel Akhder 2007 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Al-Mansora 2013 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi Derna 2017 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 Al-Baida, Gernada, Shahat 2021 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2024
Al-Qibla area: Wadi Nesma region 2009
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503807-1
Link of images: https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lotusornithop.php, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=4858, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/lotus-ornithopodioides, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lotus_ornithopodioides.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LOTORN/
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503807-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503807-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212225, https://www.gbif.org/species/5357035, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/146999/lotus-ornithopodioides-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2858.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Lotus_ornithopodioides.php, https://www.cretanflora.com/lotus_ornithopodioides.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lotusornithop.php, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=4858, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/lotus-ornithopodioides, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LOTORN/, https://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Lotus_ornithopodioides, https://phrygana.eu/Flora/Fabaceae/Lotus-ornithopodioides/Lotus-ornithopodioides.html, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=2717, https://biocostagranadina.blogspot.com/2013/06/pie-de-gallo-lotus-ornithopodioides.html
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Floristic diversity of wadi om El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2024
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A taxonomic study of twelve wild forage species of Fabaceae. 2021_compressed
Al-Amrouni, M, M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The First Issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf, https://independent.academia.edu/ABDULHAMIDALZERBI
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Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020
El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).
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Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna. 2017
Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil
دراسة الفلورا والغطاء النباتي للمنطقة الشبه صحراوية الممتدة بين مدينتي سلوق والابيار . 2016
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Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al- Jabal Al- Akhdar. 2013
Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief
Foristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al- Jabal Al- Akhdar 2013
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Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010
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Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).
El-Barasi, Y.M. & Mohammad, J.F. (2007) Comparative Study of the Seed Bank of Arable Land and Natural Vegetation in El-Jabal El-Akhdar Plateau and Coastal Zone. Journal of Science and Its Applications, Garyounis University Press, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp 1-14. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi
Seed Bank of Arable Land and Natural Vegetation in El-Jabal El-Akhdar. 2007
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Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2003
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