Flora

Andryala integrifolia L.

Family: Asteraceae

General Appearance

Andryala integrifolia L., it is an annual herb, usually with a solitary stem up to 10-80 cm, sparingly or much branched in the upper parts. leafy throughout, golden-brown, densely hairy; hairs stellate and short, simple, eglandular, occasionally with few glandular hairs restricted in the upper parts. Leaves 20-80 x 3-30 mm, linear-oblong, oblanceolate or ovate, obtuse or acute entire to deeply sinuate-toothed or pinnatisect. Basel leaves usually attenuate in to short petiole. Cauline leaves sessile, semi-amplexicaule or not. Capitula 2 to numerous; peduncles densely hairy, sometimes a few long glandular hairs present. Involucre 7-11 x 5-10 mm; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse to acute, often purple tipped. Florets yellow to orange. Cypsela 1-1.25 mm, dark brown with pale ribs.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, W. & Central Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Kussbat, Tarhuna, Gharian, Bugheilan, Wadi Gamima by Keith Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://flora-on.pt/#/0IcoY, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=703, https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:176642-1

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:176642-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/176642-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000045387, https://www.gbif.org/species/3105508, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/135683/andryala-integrifolia-l, https://flora-on.pt/#/0IcoY, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=703, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Andryala%20integrifolia, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=6255, http://www.cretanflora.com/Andryala%20integrifolia.html, https://www.first-nature.com/flowers/andryala-integrifolia.php

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

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://zenodo.org/records/3931997, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

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

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).

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae – Firenze: 244 – under: Andryala dentata auct.(1)