Annual herb ; up to 20 cm long . Stems branched from the base , erect , ascending to ± prostrate , glabrous . Leaves alternate , imparipinnate with 4-5 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets obovate , apex truncate or retuse , glabrous , pale green . Inflorescences solitary or 2 in leaf axils . Flowers sessile or subsessile , pale yellow ; calyx 2-3 mm , lobes linear-lanceolate , white-pubescent , persistent ; corolla with standard 4-5 mm , yellow , wings yellow , keel turning upwards . Fruit pod , 30-40 mm , flattened , 4-12-segmented , sparsely pubescent and pubescent along the margins , bright green , segments not separating into joints at maturiry . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Ferrum-equinum unisiliquosum (L.) Medik.
Hippocrepis unisiliquosa subsp. armena Lassen
Hippocrepis unisiliquosa subsp. bisiliqua (Forssk.) Bornm.
Hippocrepis unisiliquosa subsp. unisiliquosa
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Common Horseshoe Vetch
Not used traditionally. However, Ghazanfar (2007) wrote that: "Grazed by goats and camels". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.2).
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5.
