Centaurea ragusina L.

Family: Asteraceae
Flowering Time: Jun-Aug.

General Appearance

Centaurea ragusina L., it is a perennial plant white-tomentose. Stems 30-60 cm. Leaves mostly basal, petiolate; segments ovate to oblong, obtuse, entire to sinuate-dentate or lobed. Involucre 20-25 mm in diameter, globose; bracts white-tomentose; appendages triangular, brownish; apical spine c. 4 mm, recurved. Florets yellow, the outer as long as the inner. Achenes 4-5 mm, puberulent; pappus 4-5 mm, white.

Life Form

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Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Italy, S. Croatia

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

El-Hamamah to Al-Biada 2003    Wadi El-Kouf 2016

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

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Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Al-Zarbi, A. K. & Al-Aaib, M A. (2016) Pastoral Vegetation in Wadi Al-Kuf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar Libya, Journal of Science and Human Studies. Issue 4-ISSN: 2312-4962 Benghazi University. (In Arabic)

الغطاء النباتي الرعوي بوادي الكوف بالجبل الأخضر ليبيا, 2016

Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecmed_0153-8756_2003_num_29_2_1547https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout

Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2003

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