Flora

Carlina lanata L.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Jun-Jul.

General Appearance

Carlina lanata L., it is an annual herb up to 5-40 cm, sub glabrous or cobwebby hairy, simple or sympodially branched, erect or prostrate, sometimes acaulescent or with few prostrate lateral branches. Leaves coriaceous, folded, oblong to lanceolate, sinuate, pinnatifid or toothed, spiny, persistently tomentose beneath, ± glabrescent above. Cauline leaves semi amplexicaule. Basal leaves up to 85 x30 mm (incl. spines). Central capitulum sessile, the others pedunculate, 20-40 mm in diam, (excl. outermost involucral bracts.). Outer involucral bracts 20-35 mm long, resembling the cauline leaves, erecto-patent, lanate on both surfaces. Middle involucral bracts 8-10 (-12) x 2-2.5 mm, linear-lanceolate herbaceous, lanate at the back, sharply acuminate, mid-nerve craniate at the back. Inner involucral bracts 12-15 x 1.5-2 mm, oblong, exceeding the florets, glabrous, part projecting above the florets reddish-purple to deep purple on both surfaces. Florets bright yellow to purplish-pink. Cypsela c. 3 mm; pappus 12·15 mm.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit. to NW. Iraq.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Qaminas to Ajdabia (Slouk plain) 2006

Jabal Nafusa:

Jabal Nafusa (Wadi El-Watiah), Abughilan 2016

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Zawat El-Gasar, between Al-Marj and Taknes, (17 km) from Al-Gaigab to Martuba 1972 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 El-Bakur 2007 Al-Mansora 2013 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.floramaroccana.fr/carlina-lanata.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CARLAN/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=1778

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189264-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/189264-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000073774, https://www.gbif.org/species/3105444, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/136461/carlina-lanata-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1957.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Carlina_lanata.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_carlinalanata.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CARLAN/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=1778, http://www.cretanflora.com/carlina_lanata.html, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/carlina-lanata.html

Bibliographic References

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:

Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust,L. and AlBorki, A. (2016) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 741–761. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-016-0345-8, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2

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. (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

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

Foristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al- Jabal Al- Akhdar 2013

Abd Al-lkhaleq, Y. M. (2007) Vegetation Coverage of El-Bakur Highlands in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Garyounis University, Libya. (In Arabic).

Al-Maghrabi A.S.S. (2006) Study of the vegetation and seed bank of the zone of Ghaminis and Agedabia (Slouk plain), Master of Science Thesis, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Graduated Studies, Benghazi Branch, Libya, 2006. (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

Flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at Al-Jabal AI Akhdar 2003-مضغوط

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).