Flora

Halopeplis amplexicaulis (Vahl) Ung. -Sternb. ex Ces., Pass. & Gibelli, it is an annual herb, glabrous. glaucous, with whilish procumbent to ascending, thin branches from base. 10-30 cm long: stem often indurated below. Leaves with rudimentary blade. c. 3 mm in diam, alternate, clasping, almost globular or semi-globular, obtuse. Flower connale, in clusters. on shaft, 5-15 mm long, latentl and terminal, alternate, sessile. dense, oblong spicate inflorescences; subtending bracts fleshy, ovate-orbicuhlr, acute or acuminate; stamen 1. Seed c. 0.5 mm with cylindrical papillae on back.

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MED+SA. The native range of this species is Medit. to Senegal.

Benghazi Plain:

Bengazi 1916  Benghazi 2007