Flora

Anthemis pseudocotula Boiss.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-May.

General Appearance

Anthemis pseudocotula Boiss., it is an annual herb that can generally grow to 10 to 50 cm in height. The stem is erect or ascending, appressed, hairy, and branched from the base. The leaves are 1.5 to 3 cm long, oblong-lanceolate in outline, with 2 or 3 deeply lobed, lobes oblong-lanceolate, pointed, 1 to 3 mm long and 0.5 mm wide. The inflorescence is radial, and the inflorescence stalk thickens and becomes arched over time. The involucre is 0.5 to 0.75 cm wide. The phyllaries are ovate-rectangular, hairy, with dry, pointed edges. The receptacle is elongated conical, glabrous at the base, the palea narrowly linear, and present only in the upper part of the receptacle. The ligulates are approximately 12 in number, often sterile, and 3 to 7 mm long. The tubular flowers are 2.5 or 3 mm long and slightly swollen at the base. The capsules are persistent in the flower receptacle, top-shaped or inverted conical, approximately 1.25 mm long, distinctly ridged with 10 protrusions, with a curved tip, 10-lobed, and spongy..

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA+IT. The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:

Reported from Benghazi to Ajdabia by Pampanini

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Tarhuna by Pampanini

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Wadi Al-Agar 1999

Marmarica Plateau:

Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Al-Tamimi to Omm-Rezem 1970

Notes

Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.

Link of images: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:177532-1, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/50964.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:177532-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/177532-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000016673, https://www.gbif.org/species/3122622, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/135823/anthemis-pseudocotula-boiss, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/50964.html, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/anthemis_pseudocotula/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/antpse/, https://kocaelibitkileri.com/anthemis-pseudocotula-acem-papatyasi/

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:

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

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).

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae – Firenze: 245 — under: Anthemis rotata Boiss.