General Appearance
Trifolium isthmocarpum Brot., it is an annual herb, erect, sometimes procumbent, up 10 50 cm long, glabrous. Stipules membranous, amplexicau1, subulate at apex. Leaflets obovate, rounded at apex, 10-25 mm long; petioles up to 10 cm long. Flowering heads hemispherical or cylindrical, dense, many-flowered, 15-25 mm wide, on 20-100 mm long peduncles, exceeding the subtending leaves. Flowers 9-12 mm long, pink, pedicels not exceeding the calyx-tube, not or weakly deflexed. Calyx whitish, 10-nerved, teeth sub equal, up to as long as the lube. Corolla 1.5-2 times as long as calyx. Pods oblong-ovoid, oblong or reniform, constricted between the 2 seeds.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: Tripoli, Ain Zara 1913
Notes
Introduced ???. 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:523256-1
Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/trifolium-isthmocarpum, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trifoliumisthmocarpu.php, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Trifolium_isthmocarpum.jpg
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523256-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/523256-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000213016, https://www.gbif.org/species/5359447, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148083/trifolium-isthmocarpum-brot, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/trifolium-isthmocarpum, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3810.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trifoliumisthmocarpu.php, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Trifolium_isthmocarpum, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Trifolium_isthmocarpum.jpg
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. 228.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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