Flora

Medicago monspeliaca (L.) Trautv. / Homotypic Synonyms: Trigonella monspeliaca L., it is an annual herb, up to 5-40 cm, lying or erect, pubescent. Leaflets oval in corner, toothed at the top, stipules toothed at base; yellow flowers, very small (4-5 mm), 4-12 in sessile lateral umbels. Calyx with equal teeth, longer than the tube, standard longer than the wings and the obtuse hull. Pods spread out star-shaped, 8-12 mm long, linear, arcuate, mucronate, with oblique veins, cylindrical. Seeds c. 1.5 mm. ovoid, brownish.

Flowering in: Mar-Jun.

Al-Jafarah Plain:  Reported from Tripoli by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini

Marmarica Plateau:  Reported from Tobruk area by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini

Al-Jufra area:  Reported from Gebel Saoda by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini

Wild. I haven’t 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:506295-1

Link of images: https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Medicago_monspeliaca.php,   https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/medicago-monspeliaca,   https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trigonellamonspelia.php,   https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MEDMON/,  https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7970

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506295-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/506295-1,    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000186593,   https://www.gbif.org/species/2965434,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148231/trigonella-monspeliaca-l,   https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/724.html,  https://www.maltawildplants.com/FABC/Medicago_monspeliaca.php,   https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7970,  https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trigonellamonspelia.php,   https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MEDMON/