Flora

Hyoseris scabra L.

Common Name: Morrare.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Jun.

General Appearance

Hyoseris scabra L., it is an annual herb. Leaves (15-) 30-80 x 3-14 mm, patent, narrowly oblanceolate, or oblong, pinnatifid, glabrous or sparsely mealy; petiole winged; lobes ovate, obtuse or acute, ± dentate. Scapes 5-7 (-8), (0.5-) 3.8 (-10) cm, ascending or procumbent, inflatted near the apex below the capitulum, glabrous or sparsely mealy. Involucre 7-10 x 3-5 mm. Involucral bracts usually pale, glabrous or sparsely mealy, in fruit ± erect. Outer involucral bracts c. 2 mm, ovate, acute. Inner involucral bracts 7-10 mm, oblong, lanceolate or linear, acute. Cypsela 7-8 mm. brown, sometime minutely puberulent; outer with a pappus of short hairs; the middle and inner ones with pappus of pale, narrowly linear-lanceolate scales and a few hairs.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Reported from Cyrenaica by Durand & Barratte

Al-Jafarah Plain: Sabratha 2019 Sabratha region 2020

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Misurata 2008

Benghazi Plain: Dariana (40 km) from Benghazi 1972 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa: Sharshara 1975 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi Al-Agar 1999

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_hyoserisscabra.php, https://maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Hyoseris_scabra.php, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=6166, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Hyoseris, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/hyoseris-scabra.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:225391-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/225391-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000101213, https://www.gbif.org/species/3134561, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/137934/hyoseris-scabra-l, https://maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Hyoseris_scabra.php, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/hyoseris-scabra.html, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2637.html, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=6166, https://www.cretanflora.com/hyoseris_scabra.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_hyoserisscabra.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/HYOSCA/

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-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – Libya. 2020

Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2s5EMysAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. 2020.

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

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

Saed, Z.H. S., Abohbell, H.A., Mahklouf, M. H. (2019) Floristic Analysis of the Family Asteraceae in Sabratha city- Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches 2019; 7(1): 18-25 Published online January, 2019.

Floristic Analysis of the Family Asteraceae in Sabratha city- Libya. 2019

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

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

Baayo, Kh. A. (2008): Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008).

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).