General Appearance
Taraxacum bessarabicum (Hornem.) Hand.-Mazz., it is a perennial herb, up to 5-20 cm tall, stem ascending, glabrous or slightly woolly under the cap. Leaves in a basal rosette, lanceolate in outline, club-shaped. Capitulum solitary, outer bracts linear, loosely appressed to the inner ones, with a light edge. Capitulum linguliform, yellow, reddish on the outside. The fruit is a gray achene with brownish fluff.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Reported from Cyrenaica without any locality by van Soest
Notes
Wild in Libya, in saline places.
Link of images: https://botany.cz/cs/taraxacum-bessarabicum/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/37456.html
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. 407.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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