Family |
Fabaceae
Trigonella berythea
Boiss. & C.I.Blanche
Trigonella berythea Boiss. & C.I.Blanche
First published in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 2: 10 (1856).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 243, Pl. XCV, 3; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Annual with usually prostrate stems, 10–40 cm long, bearing scattered hairs.
Leaves: Hairless or becoming nearly hairless, with finely toothed margins; stipules obovate or oblong.
Inflorescence & flowers: Solitary, nearly stalkless, bluish flowers. The bristly calyx has linear teeth.
Fruit: Pods usually slightly curved, 5–6 cm long and 5–6 mm wide, with closely spaced parallel veins and a 2–3 cm beak. Seeds 8–12, finely dotted.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering March–May.
Habitat & elevation: Grassy places, woodland and rocks.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Saida, Beirut, Tripoli, Bikfaya, Bzoummar, Jall ed Dib, Asfouriye, above Choueifat, Aley, Chouite, south of Barouk, Tourzaya, Rayfoun, Towmat Jezzine, Jabal Qammoua, above Hammana toward Jabal Kneisse, Dahr el Baidar, Akkar and Kfertay.
Syrian distribution: Banias and Tell Hadid.
Native range: Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai.