Flora

Filago argentea (Pomel) Chrtek & Holub

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Apr.

General Appearance

Filago argentea (Pomel) Chrtek & Holub / Homotypic Synonyms: Evax argentea Pomel, it is an annual herb, stems distinct, much branched, Leaves oblong-linear to spathulate. Cluster of capitula globose, tenninal or axillary. Capitula many, oblong. Involucre silvery white. Involucral bracts, obscurely carinate, glabrous to glabrescent, cuspidate.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SAز The native range of this species is N. Africa to Palestine.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Reported from Tripoli by Kieth (20 miles) S. of Sidi El-Gelani 1955

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Tarhuna, Gharian by Kieth

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.floramaroccana.fr/f.-argentea.html, https://www.gbif.org/species/3115862

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:207837-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/207837-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000006808, https://www.gbif.org/species/3115862, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/137525/filago-argentea-pomel-chrtek-holub, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/f.-argentea.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/FILARG/

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:

El-Karnawdy, F.O.M. & Swaisy, A.S.M. (2022) Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. Middle East International Conference on Contemporary Scientific Studies-VII-Beirut Arab University, Lebanon-March 3-4, 2022. https://www.middleeastconference.org/conference-books

Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. 2022