Flora

Daucus muricatus (L.) L., it is an annual herb, up to 60 cm tall, branched above, very hispid. Leaves 3-pinnate; lobes linear-lanceolate, mucronate, sparsely hairy. Rays numerous, markedly unequal, contracted in fruit. Bracts pinnatisect, the segments linear-setaceous, later deflexed; bracteoles linear-setaceous, entire or 3-fid. Petals white, the outer strongly radiate. Fruits 5-10 mm long; spines on secondary ridges silvery-white, 1-2 times as long as the width of the mericarp, strongly dilated and confluent at the base.

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Tarhuna by Pampanini and Keith

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/daucus-muricatus,  https://flora-on.pt/#/0Y5st,  https://www.floramaroccana.fr/daucus-muricatus.html

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:841171-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/841171-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000638599,  https://www.gbif.org/species/3640822, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/154611/daucus-muricatus-l-l,  https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2197.html,  https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Daucus%20muricatus, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/daucus-muricatus,  https://www.floramaroccana.fr/daucus-muricatus.html,  https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Umbelliferae/Daucus_muricatus.htm,  https://www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Daucus_muricatus.htm,  https://flora-on.pt/#/0Y5st