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
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:
El-Hamamah to Al-Biada 2003 Wadi El-Kouf 2016
Notes
Wild in Libya. ????
Link of images: https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Centaurea_ragusina.php, ,https://www.gbif.org/species/7604700
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:191406-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/191406-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000039377, https://www.gbif.org/species/7604700, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Centaurea_ragusina.php, https://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=4195
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_1547, https://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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