Cladanthus mixtus (L.) Chevall.

Family: Asteraceae
Flowering Time: Feb-Mar.

General Appearance

Cladanthus mixtus (L.) Chevall. / Homotypic Synonyms: Chamaemelum mixtum (L.) All,  it is an annual herb, fragrant,  up to 10-40 cm tall, pubescent. Stems erect or ascending, branched. Leaves pinnatipartite, with entire or incised segments, decreasing towards the base. Capitula solitary at branch ends, conical receptacle with cartilaginous scales, hairy at the apex, lanceolate, acute, folded longitudinally. Involucre with appressed bracts, broadly scarious. Ray florets c. 12, white with yellow base or concolourous yellow. entire neuter; ligule 7-10 mm. palent, becoming reflexed at maturity. Disc corolla c. 2.25 mm; appendage 1.25 mm.  Achenes very small, about 1 mm long, yellowish, with three very fine ribs on the inner face.  

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Europe to Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Reported from Tripoli and Ain Zara by Pampanini   Sabrath 2008

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Al-Baida 1970

Notes

Wild in Libya, a species of maritime sands, cultivated fields and volcanic slopes.

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/cladanthus-mixtus,    https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_cladanthusmixtus.php,  https://www.floramaroccana.fr/cladanthus-mixtus.html

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-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic).

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 […] – Firenze: 246 – under: Anthemis mixta L.

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