Flora

Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn.

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Apr-May

General Appearance

orilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn., it is an annual herb, procumbent to ± erect, up to 10-50 cm tall, much branched with sparsely retrorse-hispid, subtcrete, striate stem. Leaves triangular-ovate or oblong, 5-15 x 3-8 cm, (1-) 2- pinnatisect into 1-3 cm long, deeply pinnatipartite or-sect segments with narrowly oblong-linear, 2-10 x 1-2.5 mm, acute, sub glabrous or thinly hispid lobules; lower leaf petioles canaliculate, antrorsely hairy and up to 10 cm long, upper leaves sessile, leaf sheath oblong, membranous margined. Umbels 2-3-rayed, mostly less than 2 cm long, on spuriously leaf-opposed, 0-2 cm long peduncles (generally seemingly ± sessile on stems); rays hidden by flowers and fruits, rarely up to 1 cm long, adpressed hairy. Bracts absent. Umbellules 5-10-flowered. Pedicels very short or almost absent. Bracteoles subulate, 2-5 x 0.5-1 mm, sometimes longer hispid. Petals white, obovate, less than 1 mm long, hardly radiating, strongly involute at tips. Styles erect, as long as or ± longer than stylopodium. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 2·4 x 2-2.5 mm, greenish; mericarps heteromorphic, the outer bearing patent, scabrous, apically glochidiate prickles, the inner obtusely papillose tuberculate.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, W. Europe to Medit. and W. Himalaya.,

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Tripoli 1978

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Kaam area 2005 Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022

Benghazi Plain:

Garryounus 1978 (35 Km) South East of Benghazi (adjacent to the Jardinah village) 2020 Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021

Jabal Nafusa:

Ain Rumia, Yefern 1974 Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

( (4 km) from Ras El-Hilal 1968 (5 km) from Al-Bida to Shahat 1972 (4 km) from Ras Al-Tin 1972 Shahat, Gasar Libya, (20 km) from Al-Baida to Derna 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Al-Mansora 2013 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh 2019

Marmarica Plateau:

Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Al-Tamimi to Omm Razum 1970 (10 km) W. of Tobruk 1978

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.maltawildplants.com/APIA/Torilis_nodosa.php https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_torilisnod.php

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:849545-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/849545-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000411340, https://www.gbif.org/species/3034819, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torilis_nodosa, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/torilis_nodosa/, https://hoseito.com/producto/torilis-nodosa-l-gaertn/ https://www.maltawildplants.com/APIA/Torilis_nodosa.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_torilisnod.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TORNOD/

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:

El-Karnawdy, F.O.M. & Swaisy, A.S.M. (2022) Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. Middle East International Conference on Contemporary Scientific Studies-VII-Beirut Arab University, Lebanon-March 3-4, 2022. https://www.middleeastconference.org/_files/ugd/614b1f_77fabd66c5054350a95423613bc913b6.pdf , https://www.middleeastconference.org/conference-books

Alteerah, M.A., El-Barasi, Y.M., Ali Alwerfally, A. (2021) Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area, east of Libya. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi , https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://zenodo.org/records/3931997, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

El-Taguri, H.M., El-Mogasapi, A.M., El-Barasi, Y.M. (2020) Weed Flora of Man-Made river agriculture project (Masiklo). Libyan Journal of Science & Technology 11:1 (2020) 61-64. http://repository.uob.edu.ly/bitstream/handle/123456789/1291/15.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdusslam-Elmogasapi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi

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

Omar, N., Alai, M.A. & Al-Zerbi, A.K. (2020) A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Farms of GMR Agricultural Project in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Sciences, Vol: 11, No: 1, P: 29-38, August. 2020. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar, https://repository.uob.edu.ly/handle/123456789/1535

Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Pashtota in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj- University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb

Abusaief, H. M. A. (2013) Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar on Mediterranean Sea. Journal of American Science 2013;9(5). http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0905/029_17747am0905_236_249.pdf

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

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).

Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic).

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).