جينيستا ليدية

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Very small, simple, alternate, narrowly linear to obovate, 3–6 mm long, early deciduous; young leaves present only briefly in spring, leaving the green stems to perform photosynthesis for the rest of the year.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Solitary or in few-flowered axillary clusters along the young stems. Calyx tubular, bilabiate, 5–6 mm long, glabrous; upper teeth short, lower lip longer and acuminate. Corolla bright yellow; standard broad, slightly reflexed; wings and keel shorter. Pedicels short, articulated near the base.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Pod linear, 10–20 mm long, glabrous, slightly compressed, containing 4–6 smooth brown seeds.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers from April to June; fruits mature in summer.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Reported by Mouterde from the lower and middle mountain zones of Mount Lebanon — particularly around Barouk, Deir el-Qamar, Falougha, and Dahr el-Baïdar; also recorded in the Beqaa foothills near Zahlé and in the Anti-Lebanon.

Native range: Bulgaria, Greece, Lebanon, Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe (POWO)

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

800 m

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Low, much-branched deciduous shrub forming dense, rounded cushions 20–50 cm tall. Branches slender, rush-like, prominently green, ribbed, glabrous, and photosynthetic, giving the plant a characteristic wiry appearance.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Genista lydia

الفصيلة

بقولية

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

قتاد خطافي

Astragalus hamosus

قتاد فوقي اللسان

Biserrula epiglottis (L.) Coulot

Lathyrus laxiflorus subsp. laxiflorus

Lotus dorycnium subsp. anatolicus