| Trifolium campestre Schreb., it is an annual herb, up to 5-50 cm, pubescent, fairly robust, erect or ascending. Upper leaves alternate, leaflets obovate, wedge-shaped, denticulate, the terminal petiolulate, stipules ovate-lanceolate, dilated at the base, shorter than the petiole. Golden yellow flowers, reddish at the end, 20-40 in fairly large, oval, tight heads, peduncles quite stiff, extending beyond the leaf, strongly ridged standard, flattened on the back, curved like a spoon, much longer than the diverging wings, style 3-4 times shorter than the stipitated pod. Seeds 0.9–1.1 x 0.6–0.65 x 0.5 mm, ellipsoid-compressed or ovoid-compressed. Testa smooth, glabrous, shiny, greenish-yellow to orange-yellow, areolate. Shallow spinning depression, circular thread, practically pointed, with a thick edge. Minimal lens, barely discernible under low magnification (<40x), located at c. 0.2–0.25 mm of the thread. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: Cosm, ative range is Macaronesia, Europe to Iran, N. & NE. Tropical Africa, Zimbabwe. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:522975-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166197-3, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212979, https://www.gbif.org/species/5359477, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148026/trifolium-campestre-schreb, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1406.html, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=263, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_trifoliumcampestris.php, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/trifolium/campestre/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TRICAM/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Trifoliumcampestre_page.htm#google_vignette, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/trifolium_campestre.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifolium_campestre |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Leptis Magna 1968 Misurata 2006 | Qaminis Benghazi road 1968 Msus-Al-Ajramia zone 2004 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 | Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau | |
| Wadi Derna 1968 Gasr Libya, Shahat 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Gebel Akhder 2007 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 S.AL-Marj 2011 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Omm Rezum 1968 | |
| 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. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| Al-Amrouni, M,M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The first issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/index.php/april2020/, https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf | غابة سيدي أمحمد شمال مدينة االابيار2020 |
| Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
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| Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | between Salouq and Al-Abyar 2016 |
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| Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief | Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2013 |
| EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. https://bit.ly/3p7s6hV, http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf | flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone 2011 |
| 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. http://sc.uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/5c3e5-39-47.pdf | Flora of Wadi El Ghattara 2010 |
| Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Barasi, Y.M. & Mohammad, J.F. (2007) Comparative Study of the Seed Bank of Arable Land and Natural Vegetation in El-Jabal El-Akhdar Plateau and Coastal Zone. Journal of Science and Its Applications, Garyounis University Press, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp 1-14. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=s_tmeUwAAAAJ&hl=en | Seed Bank in El-Jabal El-Akhdar 2007 |
| Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic) | |
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| El-Jetlawi A.O.(2004) Study of vegetation and soil seed bank of a range desert zone (Msus-Al-Ajramia), Master of Science Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya (In Arabic) | |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed |
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