Paronychia argentea  Lam.

Common Name: Thaia al arab; Theia al Jubal; Tifun.
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Flowering Time: Jan-Jun.

General Appearance

Paronychia argentea Lam., it is a perennial, prostrate to procumbent. rusty or purple reddish, basally woody, diffusely branched herb. Branches spreading 10 c. 40 cm, internodes mostly longer or ± equal to leaves. retrorsely hairy to glabrescent. Leaves sessile or minutely petioled, narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate or narrowy obovate, 4-10 (-15) x 2.5-5 (-6) mm, almost glabrous and scabrous, mucronate; stipules silvery scarious, 2 and interpetiolar or 4 free lateral at each node, broad ovate or narrowly oblique-ovate, 3.5-8 mm long, acute. Inflorescence dense, axillary and terminal, many-flowered well marked clusters, each c. 10-15 mm in diameter. Flowers whitish-green, 2-2.5 mm long, c. 4 mm across, sessile, perigynous zone with few straight hairs to almost glabrous; bracts oblinque-ovate, 4-8 mm long, acute, completely concealing the flowers, glabrous. Sepals oblong, up to 2.5 mm long, carinate and cucullate, semi-scarious, straight haired or glabrous externally, awned on hood, awn c. 0.5 mm long, straight and stiff, margins broadly membranous. Petals subulate, c. 0.5 mm long. Stamens filaments as long as petals, anthers c. 0.5 mm, yellow. Ovary ovoid, papillose towards the apex; style short, 2-fid, branches stigmatic. Utricle brown, membranous, much papillate, obovoid to ± globose, c. 1.5 mm long, enclosed by persistent sepals. Seed ovoid-round. c. 1 mm in diam., brownish-red, glabrous.

Life Form

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Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to S. Central Iraq and Sudan.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:  Research station of Agriculture faculties 2017  Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021

Zliten-Misurata Plain:  Leptus Megna 2004   Kaam area 2005  Misurata 2006, 2008

Benghazi Plain:  Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa:  Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  (22 km) S.W. Messa, Wadi El-Kauf, AI·Gubba  1967  Zawia, between Al-Merj and Taknes, (5 km) from Shahat to Baida, (20 km) from Labrag (35 km) from Lamluda, Messa, (5 km) from Baida, (15 km) from Gaigab to Martuba, Batta 1972 Tocra, Batta, c, (74 km) from Baida on way to AI-Merj,  Sabag·AI· Gubha 1973 Wadi Al-Agar 1999  Gebel Akhder 2007  S.of AL-Marj 2011  Al-Mansora 2013  Wadi El-Kouf 2014  Wadi Derna 2017

Ghat area:    Ghat (Esin region) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Illecebraceae Vol. (37) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 18.

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-Mahkloufhttp://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-AzizaF.B., ElBarasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-JabalResearch 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

Nasif, M. A., Al-Ganoni, A. M., Knotch, O. M., Nafees. A. A. (2017) Survey of weeds in the research station of the Faculty of Agriculture-University of Tripoli. Libyan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, No. (1) Vol (22) p. (35-46). (In Arabic).

مسح الحشائش في محطة ابحاث كلية الزراعة – جامعة طرابلس. 2017

El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya 2014

Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5).  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief

Foristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al- Jabal Al- Akhdar 2013

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A. (2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799,  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259357995_Checklist_and_life_forms_of_plant_species_in_contrasting_climatic_zones_of_Libya

Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. 2012

EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf

FLORA AND VEGETATION ON SOUTH EL-MARJ ZONE SOUTH EL-JABAL EL-AKHADAR.2011

El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en,   https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71

Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010

Baayo, Kh. A. (2008)  Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008)

El-Barasi, Y.M. & Mohammad, J.F. (2007) Comparative Study of the Seed Bank of Arable Land and Natural Vegetation in El-Jabal El-Akhdar Plateau and Coastal Zone. Journal of Science and Its Applications, Garyounis University Press, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp 1-14.

Seed Bank of Arable Land and Natural Vegetation in El-Jabal El-Akhdar. 2007

Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic).

Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic).

Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).

El-Komati, A. F. (2004) Medicinal plants in the Shapiat of Marqab, their distribution, classification and importance. Master Thesis. Biology Department- Faculty of Science-Al-Marqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).

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