Tragopogon porrifolius L.

Common Name: Debab El-Kheil.
Family: Asteraceae
Flowering Time: Apr-May.

General Appearance

Tragopogon porrifolius L., it is a glabrous to somewhat floccose-lanate annual or biennial with a cylindrical root stock. Stems 20-125 cm, branched. Leaves broadly linear to lanceolate, widened at base. Peduncles swollen below the capitulum. Involucral bracts c. 8, equal to or longer than Iigules. Ligules lilac, deep violet or reddish purple. Cypselas (28-) 30-60 (-80) mm, with 10 longitudinal rows of short scales; beak scarcely clavate at apex.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

ES+MED. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Europe to Medit., Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:  Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Reported from Bosco Zorda, Wadi Derna by  Pampanini   Shahat 1978     Wadi Haboon 2015  Sidi Abu-Ras 2017  Sidi Al-Hamri 2017  Wadi Derna 2017

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.368.

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

Al-Sghair, F.G. and Mahklouf, M.H. (2021) Vegetation Survey for Vascular Plants of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. Species. Vol.22 (69), 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahkloufhttp://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/index.htm,   http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/A1.pdf

Vegetation Survey of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. 2021

Ab-AzizaF.B., ElBarasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-JabalResearch 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

Abusaief, H. M. A. (2017) Similarities between elevations in a rare species of some locations at Al- Jabal Al-Akhdar in Libya. International Journal of Environment ISSN 2077-4505.Volume: 06 Issue: 03 July-Sept. 2017, Page: 78-102. http://www.curresweb.com/ije/ije/2017/78-102.pdf

Similarities between elevations in a rare species of some locations at Al- Jabal Al- Akhdar. 2017

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

El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292919013_Checklist_of_the_Flora_of_Wadi_Haboonat_AI_Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboonat AI Jabal AI Akhdar. 2015

Fl. Liby. Prodr. : 150 (1910).  https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6399663s

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