Helianthemum salicifolium (L.) Mill.

General Appearance

Helianthemum salicifolium (L.) Mill., it is an annual, up to 30 cm long, erect to ascending or procumbent, often much branched from below, sub tomentose-villous. Leaves obovate-oblong, lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 5-30 X 3-10 (-14) mm, scarcely revolute at the margins; stipules linear to ovate-lanceolate, exceeding the narrowed basal part of leaf. Flowers small, in simple or branched, 5-2o-Flowered inflorescence, apparently solitary axillary; pedicels long, spreading up curved in fruit, 1-2 times as long as the calyx; bracts simple, leaf-like but smaller, exstipulate. Calyx 6-12 mm long in fruit, open, sub tomentose. Petals shorter or scarcely exceeding the sepals, sometimes absent. Capsules glabrous, 3.5-6 mm long, ovoid-globular.

Life Form

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Phytochoria

MED+SA+IT. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain: Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa: Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Slonta to Marawa, S. road from Derna to El-Merj, Ruins of (Cyrene) Shahat 1970 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 Balghara 2017

Marmarica Plateau: 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:169142-1

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/helianthemum-salicifolium, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/helianthemum_salicifolium/, https://florealpes.com/fiche_helianthemesaule.php, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/cistaceae/helianthemum-salicifolium

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169142-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/169142-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000717719, https://www.gbif.org/species/2874095, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/135365/helianthemum-salicifolium-l-mill, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/helianthemum-salicifolium, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/helianthemum_salicifolium/, https://www.cretanflora.com/helianthemum_salicifolium.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/HELSAL/, https://osogovonature.com/2021/04/11/helianthemum-salicifolium-l-mill/, https://florealpes.com/fiche_helianthemesaule.php, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=3263, http://www.menudanatura.com/2020/06/helianthemum-salicifolium-l-mill.html, http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/ca/general/1206/especie/helianthemum-salicifolium-l-guss-

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Cistaceae Vol. (48) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 31.

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

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – Libya. 2020

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

Abusaief, H. M. A. (2017) Similarities between elevations in a rare species of some locations at Al- Jabal Al-Akhdar in Libya. International Journal of Environment ISSN 2077-4505.Volume: 06 Issue: 03 July-Sept. 2017, Page: 78-102. http://www.curresweb.com/ije/ije/2017/78-102.pdf

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

Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecmed_0153-8756_2003_num_29_2_1547, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout

Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2003

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 327 – under: Helianthemum salicifolium var. microcarpum Willk. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica