Lotus subbiflorus Lag.

General Appearance

Lotus subbiflorus Lag. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Lotus suaveolens Pers., it is an annual or perennating herb, up to 50 cm long, usually villous or almost hirsute at least above, prostrate or ascending. Leaflets, 5-20 x (1.) 4·9 mm, obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate. Flowering heads (1-) 2-4-flowered, peduncles exceeding the subtending leaf. Bracts 1.3, variable in size, unequal. Flowers yellow. Calyx teeth less than 3 times as long as tube, very densely pilose. Keel obtusely bent upwards from near the base into a long beak. Pods (4-) 6-15 x 1.5-2 mm.

Flowering in: May-Oct.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

ES+MED. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, S. Ireland to Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa: Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Reported from Gebel Akhder by Durand & Barratte

Notes

Wild, rare in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503900-1

Link of images: https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Lotus_subbiflorus, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/lotsub/, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/lotus_subbiflorus.htm

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:503900-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/503900-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/5356841, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/176927/lotus-subbiflorus-lag, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/lotus_subbiflorus.htm, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Lotus_subbiflorus, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/lotsub/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 101 – under Lotus suaveolens Pers.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 268 – under: Lotus hispidus auct. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica