Flora

Agathophora alopecuroides (Delile) Fenzl ex Bunge

Family: Amaranthaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Jun

General Appearance

Agathophora alopecuroides (Delile) Fenzl ex Bunge /Homotypic Synonyms: Halogeton alopecuroides (Delile) Moq., it is a subshrub up to 30-40 cm, silvery white-grey. Stem woody, branched, angular, glabrous or densely papillose.

Leaves

Leaves erect-spreading, with apical deciduous bristle, densely woolly at axils.

Flowers

Flowers 3-7, in distant clusters in upper leaf axils. Perianth segments, oblong-ovate, membranous; 3 enlarging as wings in fruit. Stamens with 0.1 mm long appendage.

Fruits

Seeds vertical, compressed.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA, The native range of this species is N. Africa to SW. Pakistan.

Distribution in Libya

Sirte Plains:

Sirte 2015

Marmarica Plateau:

Tubruk 1999 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999

Notes

Wild in Libya.

For more information

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Amaranthaceae Vol. (42) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
Agiel. N., Mericli, F. (2017). A survey on the Aromatic plants of Libya. India journal of Pharmaceutical Education and research Vol.51.
https://bit.ly/3n54Gtb, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318713014_A_Survey_on_the_Aromatic_Plants_of_Libya

Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES.

https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf

EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic)