General Appearance
Achillea maritima (L.) Ehrend. & Y.P.Guo / Heterotypic Synonyms: Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link, it is a perennial or subshrub. Rhizomatous forming large tufted clumps. Stems 15-25 (-50) cm, densely white-lanate, very leafy, woody, ascending. Leaves (5-) 10-20 x 3-7.5 mm, sessile oblong-lanceolate, entire or crenate; margin obscurely serrate; apex acute; base semiamplexicaule. Capitula globose, in clusters of 3-8, Involucre 0.75-1.25 cm in diam.; involucral bracts 4-5 x 2-3 mm, ovate; outer densely lanate, the inner glabrous. Paleae 5-6 x 2.5-3 mm, ovate-lanceolate, lanate. Florets yellow. Cypsela c. 4 mm (includ. persistent corolla base).
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain:
Reported from maritime zones of Tripoli, Zuara, by Durand & Barratte
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:
Reported from maritime zones of Derna by Durand & Barratte
Marmarica Plateau:
Reported from maritime zones of Toburk by Durand & Barratte Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77067622-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/77067622-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000084908, https://www.gbif.org/species/3120356, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/162937/achillea-maritima-l-ehrend-y-p-guo, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4372.html, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Achillea_maritima, https://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-78074-illustrations, https://www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Achillea_maritima.htm, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_othanthusmari.php, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asteraceae/achillea-maritima, https://botany.cz/cs/achillea-maritima/
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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
PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. – : 445 – under: Diotis maritima (L.) Cass. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica
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