Flora

Pimpinella peregrina L.,

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr

General Appearance

Pimpinella peregrina L., it is an erect biennial, up to 50-100 cm tall, with a fusiform tap-root, sub glabrous to pilose or hispid. generally, sparingly branched above, with sub erect branches. Basal leaves usually withered at anthesis, undivided or ternate with suborbicular, cordate, irregularly toothed segments, 3-5 cm diam. with longer petioles and inconspicuous basal sheaths; upper leaves pinnate, with 5-7 bluntly ovate, irregularly toothed, smaller segments, uppermost leaves sessile or sub sessile bipinnately segmented into many narrowly ovate-cuneate or linear segments. Umbels leaf-opposed or terminal. pedunculate. Bracts and bracteoles absent; rays spreading, slender, 3-7 cm long. Flowers white mostly fertile; pedicels up to 1 cm long, slender, petals thinly pilose outside. Fruits ovoid. c. 1.5 x 1.2 mm, rather densely hispid with spreading bristles; carpophore slender, bipartite, mericarps brown when ripe, ridges very obscure.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+ES+IT. The native range of this species is Medit. to Central Asia.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa:

Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Shahat 1972,1978,1979 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019

Notes

Wild in Libya, weed flora.

Link of images: https://maltawildplants.com/APIA/Pimpinella_peregrina.php, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=3480

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846958-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/846958-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000391423, https://www.gbif.org/species/5538946, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/PIMPER/ , https://maltawildplants.com/APIA/Pimpinella_peregrina.php, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=3480

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Apiaceae Vol. (117) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).

El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292919013_Checklist_of_the_Flora_of_Wadi_Haboonat_AI_Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H. (2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Gawhari, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281559070_Checklist_and_analysis_of_the_flora_and_vegetation_of_Wadi_Zaza_at_AI-Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).