Flora

Bombycilaena discolor (Pers.) M.Laínz

Common Name: B’seda.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Apr-May.

General Appearance

Bombycilaena discolor (Pers.) M.Laínz, it is an annual herb, silver-white except for the brownish c1uslers of capitula. Stems (3-) 5-20 cm. branched from the base. erect to sub erect. Leaves (9-) 12-15 I (2-) 3-5 mm, linear-oblong or narrowly linear-obovate, flat. Cluster of capitula sub globose, (7-) 10-15 mm radius; subtending leaves shorter or nearly equal to the cluster. Inner involucral bracts (2-)4-5 (-6) x 3-4 mm in fruit. Densely woolly. Hermaphrodite florets 1-3. Cypsela 1.5 (42) x 1mm.greenish.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+IT. The native range of this species is Medit. to W. Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Wadi El-Atal 1975 Gefara plain 2010

Jabal Nafusa:

Gharian 1933,1939 S.E. Gharian 1966 Kaleba 1974 Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/bombycilaena-discolor, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asteraceae/bombycilaena-discolor, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_bombycilaenadiscolor.php

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:185801-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/185801-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000070793, https://www.gbif.org/species/3088400, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/136191/bombycilaena-discolor-pers-m-la-nz, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/bombycilaena-discolor, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asteraceae/bombycilaena-discolor, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_bombycilaenadiscolor.php https://www.floranatolica.com/eukaria/gui/species.php?ID=Bombycilaena-discolor

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:

Al-Amrouni, M, M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The first issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf, https://independent.academia.edu/ABDULHAMIDALZERBI

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

Abu Ajila, A. M. K. & Ahmed, A. N. (2010) A study of the quantitative characteristics of vegetation covers in Al-Jafara plain. Libya. African J. Biol. Sci., 6 (3):111-121(2010) ISSN 1687-4870. (In Arabic).

دراسة الخصائص الكمية للغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سهل الجفارة- ليبيا. 2010

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: 270 – under: Micropus bombycinus Lag.