Flora

Lotus pedunculatus Cav. / Infraspecifics: Lotus pedunculatus ssp.  pedunculatus // Heterotypic Synonyms: Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr, it is a perennial,  up to 30-80 cm, glabrescent or hairy, with a creeping-stoloniferous stem, stems hollow, erect or ascending. Leaflets obovate in corner, glaucous below, stipules oval. Yellow flowers, greening on drying, 6-12 on thick peduncles 3-4 times longer than the leaf. Calyx bell-shaped, with equal teeth, spread or reflexed before flowering, lanceolate-linear, equal to the tube, obovate wings, with an almost straight lower edge covering the slightly curved hull at a very obtuse angle. Pods 20-30 mm , linear, cylindrical, straight.

Flowering in: Mar-May.

Al-Jafarah Plain:  Reported from Tajura by Keith

Jabal Nafusa:  Reported from Tarhuna by Keith

Wild. I have not found a recent record of this species in Libya so far.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503822-1

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/lotus-pedunculatus,   https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Lotus_pedunculatus,    https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lotuspedunculatus.php,  https://www.i-flora.com/en/fact-sheets/search-for-species/art/show/lotus-pedunculatus.html

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503822-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/503822-1,   http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212230,   https://www.gbif.org/species/5356854,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147004/lotus-pedunculatus-cav,   https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/689.html,   https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lotuspedunculatus.php,  https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Lotus_pedunculatus,   https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=502704,  https://floradegalicia.wordpress.com/2019/10/15/lotus-pedunculatus/,   https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/lotus_uliginosus.htm