Flora

Scolymus hispanicus L.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Apr-Jul.

General Appearance

Scolymus hispanicus L., it is a biennial or perennial 20-80 cm, more or less hairy; stem with interrupted spinose-dentate wings. Leaves 40-200 x 15-70 mm. Basal leaves oblanceolate, soft, pinnatisect, with few spines, petiole long. Cauline leaves rigid linear-oblong to ovate, sinuate-pinnatifid, spiny, not or scarcely thickened at margin, the uppermost very irregularly spiny. Panicle narrow. Involucre 15-20 x 8-10 mm; bracts more or less lanceolate, gradually attenuate to an acute apex, without or with few hairs. Receptacular scales narrowed at apex. Achenes 3-5 mm, clavate; pappus of a few rigid hairs.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit. to W. Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Sabratha region 2020

Benghazi Plain: Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi El-Shees 2014 Wadi Derna 2017

Notes

Wild in Libya, Keith has reported this species as an exotic in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Scolymus_hispanicus.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_scolymushispa.php

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:243010-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/243010-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000022425, https://www.gbif.org/species/5403742, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/139102/scolymus-hispanicus-l, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Scolymus_hispanicus.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3579.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asteraceae/scolymus-hispanicus, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/scolymus-hispanicus.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/scohis/, https://ethnobiomed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1746-4269-5-42, https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Scolymus~hispanicus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolymus_hispanicus

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. Page. 317.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

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.

Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fatma-Abuaziza, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna. 2017

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

Shaltout, K, Fawzy, M., Galal T., Awad M., El-Barasi Y., Saeed, B. (2014) Impact of waste water discharge on the plant communities and size structure of Wadi El-Shees, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. FeddesRepertorium2014, 125, 1-13 DOI: 10.1002/fedr.201400023 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/fedr.201400023

Impact of waste water discharge on the plant communitie in Wadi-El-Shees-2014