General Appearance
Hornungia procumbens (L.) Hayek / Syn. Hymenolobus procumbens (L.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, it is an annual, glabrous (or almost glabrous) herb. up to 20 (-30) cm long, procumbent; stem filiform. Basal leaves ± rosulate, deeply dissected to entire, 10-40 mm long, shortly petiolate to sessile. Upper leaves smaller, sessile. Racemes up to 10 cm in fruit. Flowers c. 1.5 mm across, white. Pedicels up to 8 (-12) mm long in fruit, filiform, spreading. Sepals c. 1 mm long. Petals c. as long as the sepals. Stamens c. 0.8: 1 mm. Siliculae ellipsoid-flattened, 2.5-4.5 x 1.5-2 mm, apex truncate, obtuse to sub emarginate, glabrous; septum c. 1 mm wide. Seeds usually 6 in each locule, c. 0.6 mm, ellipsoid, brownish.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: Reported from Tripoli, Sorman by Maire
Benghazi Plain: Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte
Marmarica Plateau: Tobruk 1924 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:285376-1
Link of images: https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Hornungia%20procumbens, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=501539
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:285376-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/285376-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000724776, https://www.gbif.org/species/5376158, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/141687/hornungia-procumbens-l-hayek, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=501539, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=81333. https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_hymenoprocum.php, https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Hornungia%20procumbens, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/horpro/
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. 117 – under Hymenolobus procumbens (L.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1
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