Flora

Torilis tenella (Delile) Rchb.f.

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Jun.

General Appearance

Torilis tenella (Delile) Rchb.f., it is an annual herb, erect, slender, up to 10-35 (-50) cm tall, sparsely branched or unbranched with thinly retrorse-hispid, obscurely sulcate stem. Leaves oblong or narrowly triangular-oblong, 2-8 x J-4 cm, bipinnatisect, with linear or narrowly oblong, 2-4 mm long and less than 1 mm broad, acute, sparsely retrorsely appressed-hispid entire ultimate segments. Umbels (4-)5-10 (-15)-rayed, on terminal or leaf-opposed, (2-)4-8 cm long peduncles; rays very unequal especially al fruiting, 5-40 cm long, retrorsely hairy. Bracts wanting or solitary and caducous. Umbellules 6-10-flowered. Pedicels 1-2 mm long in flower, enlarged up to 7 or more mm in fruit. Bracteoles 3-5, lanceolate-subulate, 4-8 x 0.5-1.5 mm, membranous on margins, thinly whitish hairy. Spcels conspicuous. Petals broadly obovate, c. 0.6-1 x 0.6 mm, sub equal, white, slightly emarginate at apices. Ovary narrowly oblong, densely hispid. Styles shorter than the conical stylopodium. Fruit narrowly linear-oblong, 4-5 (-7) x 2-3 mm (incld. prickles), greenish; mcricarps with appressed-hairy primary ribs and single row of patent, 2-3 mm long, papillose-scabrid prickles.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is E. Medit. to W. & SW. Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa:

Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Gasar Libya 1978 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:849566-1, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TORTEN/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:849566-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/849566-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000411366, https://www.gbif.org/species/3632368, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/TORTEN/ https://www.greekflora.gr/el/flowers/7342/Torilis-tenella-Delile-Rchb-f-1866

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-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

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-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326461390_aalkhdr_baljbl_bwras_sydy_bmntqt_alnbaty_alghta_drast-lybya

El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en, https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71

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).