General Appearance
Draba verna L. / Homotypic Synonyms: Erophila verna (L.) DC., it is an annual herb, up to 3-10 (-25) cm tall. creel or sub erect, ± hairy below with short, branched, almost stellate or simple hairs, ± glabrous above. Rosette leaves very variable, entire to 1-2-dentate. Scapes aphyllous, rarely 1-leaved. Racemes 10-20-flowered, lax in fruit. Flowers c. 2.5 mm across. Pedicels up to 6 (-10) mm long in fruit, filiform, ascending, glabrous. Sepals 1.5-2 mm long. Petals 2.5-3.5 mm long, deeply 2-fid at the apex. Stamens c. 1.5-2 mm long. Siliculae (3-) 5-8 (-10) x (1.5-) 2-) (-4) mm glabrous, very variable in shape, oblong-elliptic to suborbicular; stigma minute, sessile; valves faintly veined. Seeds many, c. 0.5 mm long.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Reported from Gubba 1924 by Cavara & Grande
Notes
Wild, a rare species, confined to the Al-Jabal Al-Akhder area in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:283173-1
Link of images: http://www.missouriplants.com/Draba_verna_page.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/brassicaceae/draba-verna
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:283173-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/283173-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000656282, https://www.gbif.org/species/7473187, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/129669/erophila-verna-l-chevall, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/brassicaceae/draba-verna, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/draba/verna/, https://florealpes.com/fiche_draveprintemps.php, http://www.missouriplants.com/Draba_verna_page.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draba_verna
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. 136- under Erophila verna (L.) DC.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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