Flora

Carlina sicula Ten.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Jun-Aug.

General Appearance

Carlina sicula Ten. //Infraspecifics: Carlina sicula ssp. mareotica (Asch. & Schweinf.) Greuter it is a sub glabrous perennial, up to (5-) 10·30 (-70) cm. simple or with few short branches arising from an underground rhizome. Lower part of the aerial stem usually covered with the bases of dry leaves. Lower leaves 40 x 70 x 20 mm (incl. spines), oblong, pinnatisect; lobes spiny toothed. Mid-cauline leaves 60-80 x 25-35 mm (incl. spines), oblong-lanceolate, pinnatifid to pinnatisect with lobes and margins spiny-toothed. Capitula 2-4, in a crowded terminal cluster, or 1-2, sub sessile in leaf axils lower-down,15-40 mm in diam. (exclude, the outermost involueral bracts). Outer involucral bracts 25-35 (-80-100) mm long, erecto-patent, coriaceous and somewhat clavateat the bases and rest similar to the upper cauline-leaves. Middle involucral bracts 8-10 (-12) x 2.5 mm, oblong, herbaceous with narrow scarious margins, finely apiculate, arachnoid tomentose on the back in the distal halves. Innermost involucral bracts 18-22 x 2-2.25 mm, oblong, exceeding the florets, parts projecting above the florets silver white above, white or purplish beneath, apiculate, margins finely ciliate. Florets yellow. Cypsela 3 mm; pappus c, 9 mm.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Sicilia.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Dariana, (40 km) from Benghazi 1972 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016

Jabal Nafusa:

Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Wadi Al-Agar 1999 S. AL-Marj 2011

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=1782&pid=-1&p=14

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189304-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/189304-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000125436, https://www.gbif.org/species/3105406, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/136468/carlina-sicula-ten, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=1782&pid=-1&p=14

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:

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

Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

دراسة الفلورا والغطاء النباتي للمنطقة الشبه صحراوية الممتدة بين مدينتي سلوق والابيار . 2016

EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf

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

Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010

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-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).