Flora

Pulicaria arabica (L.) Cass.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr.

General Appearance

Pulicaria arabica (L.) Cass. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Pulicaria inuloides (Poir) DC., it is an annual herb, up to 50 cm tall, much branched, juvenile parts covered with fine, ± spreading hairs and gland, older parts glabrescent. Leaves linear-oblong or oblanceolate, 10-35 (-50) x 4-6 mm. acute, semi-amplexieaul, (the lower cauline leaves ± auriculate) at base, entire or sparsely minute toothed, hairy and glandular on both surfaces. Capitula solitary on axillary branch ends. Peduncle 10-25 mm. Involucre 5-7 (-10) mm broad. Involucral bracts 4-rowed, lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent with long, straight hairs and shortly stalked glands, spreading deflexed in fruit. Outer involucral bracts 2-3 mm long, herbaceous. Inner involucral bracts 4-5.5 (-6) nm long, scarious. Ray florets c. 12; corolla 3-4 (-6) mm (include. basal tube), not exceeding or nearly equalling the involucre. Disc floret corolla 3-4.5 mm, 5-lobed; lobes sharply acute, hairy and glandular. Cypsela oblong-ellipsoid, 1-1.5 mm long, sparsely pubescent, basal annular yellowish callus present; outer scales of pappus sharply acute, c. 0.25 mm long. coronate; inner setae c. 15,2.5-4 mm long, scabrid, early deciduous.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+SA+IT. The native range of this species is S. & E. Medit. to Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Leptus Megna 1972 Misurata 2015 Misurata (Sassu Valley) 2016

Jabal Nafusa: Reported from Rumia, Gharian, Tarhuna by Pampanini, Corti and Keith

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Reported from Wadi Derna by Pampanini, Corti and Keith Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Al-Agar 2017

Ghat area: Reported from Ghat by Pampanini, Corti and Keith

Tibesti area: Reported from Tibesti by Pampanini, Corti and Keith

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240490-1, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Compositae/Pulicaria_arabica.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/PULARA/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240490-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/240490-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000122020, https://www.gbif.org/species/3095531, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/138863/pulicaria-arabica-l-cass, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/PULARA/, http://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Compositae/Pulicaria_arabica.htm, https://www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Pulicaria_arabica.htm

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-Aib, M.A., El- Sherif, M., Al-Hamedi, R.I. (2017) Floristic and ecological investigation of Wadi Al-Agar in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya, Science & its applications 5:1 (2017) 57-61. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib

Floristic and ecological investigation of Wadi Al-Agar in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar. 2017-مضغوط

Aljarroushi, M.M. & Almedham, K. E. (2016) Geographical distribution and Life form of plants in Sassu Valley, Misurata area, Libya. Al-satil Vol. 10 No. 15 March 2016. https://search.mandumah.com/Record/813441

Geographical distribution and Life form of plants in Sassu Valley, Misurata area. 2016

Aljarroushi, M.M. & Almedham, K.E. (2015) Natural plant cover composition in Misurata area, Libya. Assiut Journal for Environmental Studies-42nd issue-July 2015. (In Arabic).

تركيب الغطاء النباتي الطبيعي في منطقة مصراتة 2015

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).