Flora

Scorzoneroides hispidula (Delile) Greuter & Talavera

Family: Asteraceae

General Appearance

Scorzoneroides hispidula (Delile) Greuter & Talavera / Syn. Leontodon hispidulus (Delile) Boiss, it is an annual herb. Stems numerous, 10-20 cm, usually branched, glabrous or with simple, eglandular hairs below, bracts on the peduncles numerous. Leaves 30-90 x 3-20 mm, oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse or acute, dentate to pinnatifid, narrowed to an obscure petiole, glabrous or with simple eglandular hairs. Capitula 1-3. Involucre 9-12 x 8-11 mm. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse to acute, usually hairy; hairs soft, simple eglandular or sometimes rigid ones distributed on the median line. Ligules yellow. concolorous. Stigmas yellow. Cypselas 7-8 mm. homomorphic. With beak 1̸3 – 1̸2 as long as the rest of the body, strongly transversely muricate, pappose; pappus of c. 10 setae; setae plumose.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is SE. Spain, Morocco, Libya, Türkiye to Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Research station of Agriculture faculties 2017

Benghazi Plain: Reported from Benghazi, Benina by Pampanini and Kieth Wadi El Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa: Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017

Marmarica Plateau: Reported from Tobruk by Pampanini and Kieth Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.gbif.org/species/3133475

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77075521-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/77075521-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000032431, https://www.gbif.org/species/3133475, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/184203/scorzoneroides-hispidula-delile-greuter-talavera

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. 351 – under: Leontodon hispidulus (Delile) Boiss.

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

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

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

El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326461390_aalkhdr_baljbl_bwras_sydy_bmntqt_alnbaty_alghta_drast-lybya

دراسة الغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سيدي بوراس –الجبل الاخضر 2017

Nasif, M. A., Al-Ganoni, A. M., Knotch, O. M., Nafees. A. A. (2017) Survey of weeds in the research station of the Faculty of Agriculture-University of Tripoli. Libyan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, No. (1) Vol (22) p. (35-46). (In Arabic).

مسح الحشائش في محطة ابحاث كلية الزراعة – جامعة طرابلس. 2017

Abusaief, H. M. A. (2013) Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar on Mediterranean Sea. Journal of American Science 2013;9(5) http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0905/029_17747am0905_236_249.pdf

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

Barrani, M. W. (2008) A study of environmental degradation factors in the semi-desert Dafna Region-Libya. Master Thesis-Department of Science and environmental Engineering-Postgraduate Academy Benghazi branch. (In Arabic).

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).

JEFFREY, C. (1979). Compositae in L. BOULOS (ed.) – A check-list of the Libyan flora. 3. Compositae. – Candollea 34: 313 – under: Leontodon hispidulus (Delile) Boiss. https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/volumes?UID=can-002

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 475 – under: Kalbfussia hispidula (Delile) Bég. & A.Vacc., : 476 – under: Kalbfussia hispidula var. macrocephala Bég. & A.Vacc. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica