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
Phytochoria
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
Notes
Wild in Libya.
Link of images: https://www.teline.fr/fr/photos/asteraceae/tragopogon-porrifolius, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/tragopogon/porrifolius/, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=6176, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragopogon_porrifolius
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:256109-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/256109-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000091699, https://www.gbif.org/species/5386938, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/99890/tragopogon-porrifolius-l, https://alienplantsbelgium.myspecies.info/content/tragopogon-porrifolius, https://www.teline.fr/fr/photos/asteraceae/tragopogon-porrifolius, https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/tragopogon-porrifolius/?lang=en, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/tragopogon/porrifolius/, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3794.html, https://florealpes.com/fiche_salsifispoireau.php, https://www.wildflowersprovence.fr/plant/tragopogon-porrifolius/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragopogon_porrifolius
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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-Mahklouf, http://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-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
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
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Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboonat AI Jabal AI Akhdar. 2015
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