General Appearance
Myosotis pusilla Loisel., it is a small annual herb, up to 2-7 cm, procumbent, often much branched and forming a cushion. Leaves narrowly ligulalat and thickly covered with straight hairs, Inflorescence usually bracteate throughout; pedicel 2-5 mm in fruit. uniformly thickened. Calyx 3-5 mm in fruit, longer than pedicel, covered with patent or appressed hairs. Limb up to 2 mm in diameter, saucer shaped, pale blue or white. Nutles, up to 1-2 mm, brown, without rim, attachment of the area with 2 marginal grooves.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Cyrcnaica: Reported from Cyrcnaica (Macchi-Slonta, Bir ben Adir) by Keith
Notes
Wild in Libya, rare in Libya?????
Link of images: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=5229, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_myosotispusila.php
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:119201-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/119201-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000368580, https://www.gbif.org/species/5660801, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/132836/myosotis-pusilla-loisel, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=5229, https://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-43309-illustrations, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_myosotispusila.php
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1979) Flora of Libya, Boraginaceae Vol. (68) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 80.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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