Salicornia europaea L.

Common Name: Aska
Family: Amaranthaceae
Flowering Time: Jul-Oct.

General Appearance

Salicornia europaea L., it is an annual plant, up to 10-50 cm, erect or the lower branches prostrate; scales below the spike obtuse or rounded; spikes erect or ascending, 2-6 × 1.5-3(-4.5) mm, the joints mostly 2-4 mm; flowers broadly obovate, the central one much surpassing the lateral ones but reaching only to 0.5-1 mm below the node above. Seeds 1.3-2 mm.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED+ES. The native range of this species is N. & W. Europe

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Reported from Tripoli by Durand & Barratte and Maire

Notes

Wild in Libya, ???.

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Chenopodiaceae Vol. (58) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

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