Flora

Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Aug-Nov.

General Appearance

Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter / Infraspecifics: Dittrichia viscosa ssp. viscosa, it is a shrub up to 50-60 cm high, hairy pubescent, glandulose, much branched, camphor smelling, ascending. Leaves 10-50 x 2-5 mm, linear-oblong or linear-oblanceolate, acute, entire or sparsely minutely denticulate, revolute when young, hairy, glandulose; hairs with persistent, inflatted bases; glands ± sessile, shining, dense, interspersed between the hairs. Floral branches 8-15 mm long. Involucre 6-8 mm long and 7-10 mm in diam., broadly obconical. Involucral bracts 6 rowed, erecto-patent in fruit. 1st row of involucral bracts 1.5 x 1.75 x 0.5 mm, ovate-oblong, herbaceous with ± fleshy, obtuse tip, margins narrowly scarious, hairy; hairs glandular tipped; glands globular. Involucral bracts of 2nd row 2.75 x 0.75 mm, oblong, obtuse, herbaceous, with rather broader scarious margins, hairy; hairs glandular. Involucral bracts of 3td row 3.75 x 0.75 mm, similar to the involucral bract of the 2nd row. Involucral bracts of 4th row 4 x 1 mm, oblanceolate, acutish-obtuse; mid-nerve herbaceous, rest scarious, glandular hairy on the mid-rib and near the apex, margins minutely ciliate. Involucral bracts of 5th row 5.5 x 1 mm, oblong-linear, acuto-obtuse, scarious except the base and tip, margins ciliate. Ray florets c. 10, ligules 6-8 (-12) x 0.75-1 mm. Disc florets c. 8-10, corolla 5.5-6.5 mm. Cypsela c. 1.5 mm, sparsely hairy, pubescent and glandular, pappus setae c. 20,5.5-6.5 mm long, brownish, scabrid.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Qaminas to Ajdabia (Slouk plain) 2006 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Wadi El Teir, (24 km) W. Derna to Susa 1967 (70 km) E. of Al-Baida 1975 Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya, medicinal plant, a species of hill-side waste ground and marshy places.

Link of images: https://botany.cz/cs/dittrichia-viscosa/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ditvis/, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Dittrichia_viscosa, http://flora.provincia.modena.it/naviga_flora/asterales/dittrichia-viscosa-greuter.aspx, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/dittrichia_viscosa.htm

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:201893-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/201893-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000059214, https://www.gbif.org/species/3101184, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/137367/dittrichia-viscosa-l-greuter, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Dittrichia_viscosa.php, https://botany.cz/cs/dittrichia-viscosa/, https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7962, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/dittrichia_viscosa.htm https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/15066, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Dittrichia_viscosa, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ditvis/, http://flora.provincia.modena.it/naviga_flora/asterales/dittrichia-viscosa-greuter.aspx. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dittrichia_viscosa

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:

Al-Amrouni, M, M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The first issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf, https://independent.academia.edu/ABDULHAMIDALZERBI

دراسة الغطاء النباتي بغابة سيدي امحمد شمال مدينة الابياربالجبل الاخضر.2020

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-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

Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya 2014

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

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

Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-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

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. – : 436 – under: Cupularia viscosa (L.) Gren. & Godr. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica