Trifolium dasyurum C.Presl

General Appearance

Trifolium dasyurum C.Presl , it is an annual herb, like Trifolium stellatum L., but more robust with the, 2 uppermost Leaves suboppmite, leaflets (10-) 20-30 (-35) x (2-) 5-10 mm. elliptic to oblong or lanceolate, acute, entire or almost so, stipules lanceolate-acuminate, entire, heads 35 mm long, often paired. Calyx teeth up to 4 times as long as the tube. Corolla shorter than calyx, purple above, whitish or pink below. Pods stipitate, membranous, oblong, obliquely apiculate, with solitary, globular to sub compressed. Smooth seed, c. 1.8 mm in diam.

Flowering in: Mar-May.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain: Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Gaber Jera 2013 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017

Marmarica Plateau: Reported from Tobruk by Durand & Barratte

Al-Kufra area: Reported from Al-Kufra by Durand & Barratte

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523069-1

Link of images: https://www.cretanflora.com/Trifolium%20dasyurum.html, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/taxonomy/taxon/91361.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TRIDAS/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523069-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/523069-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212991, https://www.gbif.org/species/5359351, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148043/trifolium-dasyurum-c-presl, https://www.cretanflora.com/Trifolium%20dasyurum.html, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/taxonomy/taxon/91361.html, http://www.tilo-botanica.eu/espece-t-z/trifolium-dasyurum.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TRIDAS/, https://www.greekflora.gr/el/flowers/9695/Trifolium-dasyurum-C-Presl-1832 https://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/trifolium_dasyurum_eastern_star_clover.htm

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. 247.

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

Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf

Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. 2021.-مضغوط

El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326461390_aalkhdr_baljbl_bwras_sydy_bmntqt_alnbaty_alghta_drast-lybya

دراسة الغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سيدي بوراس –الجبل الاخضر 2017

Al-Tajouri, A., Al-Aaeb, M.A., Al-Zarbi, A. K. (2013) Barley crop contamination with weed seeds in Gaber-Jira farms in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Benghazi University of Science-the third and fourth edition (45-53). (In Arabic). https://search.mandumah.com/Record/838987

تلوث محصول الشعير ببذور الحشائش بمزارع قبر جيرة بالجبل الاخضر. 2013- صفحة 45 -53.

El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en, https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71

Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 261 – under: Trifolium formosum d’Urv. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica