Alyssum granatense Boiss. & Reut.

Family: Brassicaceae

General Appearance

Alyssum granatense Boiss. & Reut., it is an annual herb, up to 15 cm tall, mostly branched from the base, similar in appearance and whitish pubescence to the Alyssum montanum L., but annual, pedicels shorter to about as long as the siliculae and ascending. Sepals, c. 3 mm long. Petals 5 mm long. Style minute, usually less than a mm long. Fruit, siliculae suborbicular, 3-6 mm in diam., retuse at the apex, heterotrichous.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Iberian Peninsula, N. Africa.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa:  Reported from Tarhuna, Gharian by Maire

Notes

Wild in Libya, a rather N.W. species in Libya, confined to arid hills of Gebel Nafusa.

Link of images: https://flora-on.pt/?q=Alyssum+granatense,  https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/alyssum-granatense,  https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/brassicaceae/alyssum-granatense

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 131.

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

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