Ononis serrata Forssk.

General Appearance

Ononis serrata Forssk., it is an annual herb, decumbent to ascending, up to 30(-50) cm long, branched mostly from base. Leaves (1-) 3-foliolate, sparingly pubescent; leaflets 6-20 mm long, oblong, oblinear to obovate rarely suborbicular, serrate-denticulate, obtuse or truncate at apex; stipules rather small, adnate to petiole, ovate-lanceolate, serrulate to entire, acute, sub glabrous. Flowers pinkish or bluish-purple, 6-12 mm long, sub sessile or on very short peduncles, erect, arranged in terminal, leafy, loose, raceme-like inflorescences, much elongating in fruits. Calyx-teeth (1-) 2-3 times as long as the tube, linear-lanceolate. Corolla c. as long as or somewhat longer than calyx; standard pink, often bluish-purple; keel and wings whitish. Pods 4-9 x 3-4 mm. about as long as the calyx, erect, ± compressed, ovoid, pubescent, 2-5-sceded. Seeds c. 1.1-1.3 x 1.1-1.2 x 0.9-1 mm, oblong-ovoid, almost spherical, somewhat asymmetrical, brown to red. tuberculate.

Flowering in: Mar-May.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED+SA+IT. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Mauritania to N. Africa, Kárpathos to Iran and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: El-Geddaieda 1967 Tajura 1972 Tripoli 1967,1977 (10 km) from Zwra to Farwa 1977 Sabratha region 2020 Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Leptis Magna 1968, 1977 Leptus Megna 2004 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006

Sirte Plains: 123,2 km) W. Sirte, (11 km) E. Al-Boyerat 1977 (7 Km) S.E. of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020

Benghazi Plain: Wadi El-Enaghar 2021

Jabal Nafusa: (22 km) W. Khoms 1967 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510505-1

Link of images: https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ONOSER/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/57789.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ononisserrata.php, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=19

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:510505-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/510505-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212912, https://www.gbif.org/species/2977279, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/64885/ononis-serrata-forssk, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=19, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/57789.html, https://www.floraofqatar.com/ononis_serrata.htm, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/ononis_serrata/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=502545, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/ononis-serrata, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ONOSER/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ononisserrata.php

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