General Appearance
Senecio vulgaris L., it is a sub glabrous or somewhat floccose, rather succulent annual, up to 40 cm, with weak, irregularly-branched stems. Leaves coarsely pinnatifid with distant, obtuse, toothed lobes. Basal and lower cauline leaves oblanceolate in outline, shortly petiolate. Middle and upper cauline leaves oblong in outline, auriculate-amplexicaul. Capitula numerous, 4-5 mm in diameter (in common discoid variant), sub sessile in dense, subcorymbose clusters at anthesis. Peduncles elongating in fruit. Involucre cylindrical. Involucral bracts 5-8 mm, usually glabrous and often black-tipped; supplementary bracts 8-10, 1-2 mm, usually black-tipped, sometimes blackish throughout. Ligules usually absent, sometimes 6-12, yellow, short, revolute immediately after anthesis. Achenes 1.5-2(-2.5) mm, appressed-hairy between the ribs.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: (8 km) from Tripoli towards east 1976 Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli 2016 Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Sabratha region 2020 Coastal of Tripoli 2020
Sirte Plains: Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020
Benghazi Plain: Qaminas to Ajdabia (Slouk plain) 2006 Wadi El Ghattara 2010 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021
Marmarica Plateau: Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002
Notes
Wild in Libya, weed on cultivated ground, waste places and maritime sands, medicinal plant.
Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/senecio-vulgaris, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_seneconcommun.php, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/senecio/vulgaris/, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Senecio_vulgaris.php
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:248251-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/248251-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000011329, https://www.gbif.org/species/3108983, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Senecio_vulgaris.php, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/senecio-vulgaris, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/senecio_vulgaris/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_seneconcommun.php, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/senecio/vulgaris/, https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Senecio%20vulgaris, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1075.html, http://southwestdesertflora.com/WebsiteFolders/All_Species/Asteraceae/Senecio%20vulgaris,%20Common%20Groundsel.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senecio_vulgaris
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. 190.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf
Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. 2021.-مضغوط
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
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. (2020) Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 58: 13-19, 2020. BRC http://www.brc.amu.edu.pl, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/pdf-127341-54763?filename=Biodiversity%20of%20the.pdf, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/Issue-58-2020,9131
Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. 2020
Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar
Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. 2020
Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf
Mahklouf, M.H. &Al-Sghair, F.G. (2016) Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Oct 2016, Volume 4, Issue 4.PP(119-123) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf,
Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya. 2016.
Mahklouf, M. H. &Al Sghair, F. G. (2016) Biodiversity and Floristic Study of Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli-Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Original Article, pag. (101-103).Jul 2016, Volume 4, Issue 3, DOI: 10.21859/ajlsr-040307. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fathi-Al-Sghair
Biodiversity and Floristic Study of Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli–Libya. 2016
Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf
Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. 2015
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
Al-Maghrabi A.S.S. (2006) Study of the vegetation and seed bank of the zone of Ghaminis and Agedabia (Slouk plain), Master of Science Thesis, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Graduated Studies, Benghazi Branch, Libya, 2006. (In Arabic).
El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic).
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