Flora

Torilis arvensis (Huds.) Link

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Apr-May

General Appearance

Torilis arvensis (Huds.) Link, it is an annual herb, up to 40-80 (-100) cm tall, erect, sparingly branched, usually sparingly hispid with appressed, simple, short hairs; stems furrowed, glabrous to sparingly hairy, especially above with short, retrorse, setaceous hairs. Leaves sparsely appressed-hairy with forward pointing hairs, 2-3-pinnatisect, ± homomorphic, gradually decreasing in size above; the lower ones with 2-3 pairs of pinnatisect or partite or-fid segments; the upper leaves ternatisect (to simple); segments broadly lanceolate, 1-4 cm long. broadly lanceolate or linear-subulate, serrate, incised or lobed. Umbels long-peduncled, (3-) 4-12-rayed; rays 1-3 (-3.5) cm long. Bracts 0 (-1); bracteoles 3-several, nearly as long as the pedicels. hispid. Flowers 2 mm; petals pink or white, radiant; styles longer than stylopodium. Fruit 3-5 mm long, ovoid to ellipsoid, prickly with prickles white, usually unequal in size on the 2 mericarps, and directed somewhat upwards.

Life Form

Phytochoria

S-Cosm. The native range of this species is Europe to Central Asia and Pakistan, Macaronesia, N. Africa to Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Shahat 1978 Between Shahat to Susa 1970 (13 km) from Ras El-Hilal to Derna 1979 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://botany.cz/cs/torilis-arvensis/, https://dryades.units.it/rosandra_en/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=3675&num=2467, https://idtools.org/id/weed-tool/key/GrapeSeedKey/Media/Html/fact_sheets/Tor-arv.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_torilisarvensis.php, https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/torilis-arvensis-1.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:849502-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/849502-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000409709, https://www.gbif.org/species/3034823, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/torarv/, https://dryades.units.it/rosandra_en/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=3675&num=2467, https://idtools.org/id/weed-tool/key/GrapeSeedKey/Media/Html/fact_sheets/Tor-arv.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_torilisarvensis.php, https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/torilis-arvensis-1.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torilis_arvensis, https://botany.cz/cs/torilis-arvensis/

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:

Saleh, M. M., & Lachhab, S. R. (2020) Plant diversity in Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj city-Libya. Aref Journal for Human Studies- Issue (5) 2020, Pp. (3-65) Ajdabiya University-Libya. (In Arabic). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346554140_bhth_altnw_alnbaty_fy_mntqt_altnyn_shmal_ghrb_mdynt_almrj_lybya

El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6 (5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief

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).