General Appearance
Cressa cretica L., it is a perennial, usually spreading herb, much branched and somewhat woody below; branchlets slender, with long patent intermixed with short retrorse grey hairs, very leafy, up to 5 cm long. Leaves small, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-5.5 x 1-5.5 mm, acute cuneate, rounded or sometimes sub cordate at the base, grey-green, sericeous, spike-like clusters, up to 1.5·2 cm long. Calyx as long as the corolla tube, pubescent. Corolla tube 4-5 mm long, lobes oblong-ovate, as long as the tube. Style and stamens exserted 2.5-3.5 mm from tube; anthers 0.5 mm long. Capsule ovoid, 3-3.5 mm long, I-seeded, 2-valved; seeds oblong-ovoid, 2 x 1 mm, dark brown or almost black.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: Sabrata 2008
Zliten-Misurata Plain: Kaam area 2005
Sirte Plains: Sirte 2015, 2016
Benghazi Plain: Benghazi, common sandy saline wet ground. 1975
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi Jarjar-Omma 2017
Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002
Al-Kufra area: El-Gof, Al-Kufra Oasis, common in sand between fields 1968
Ghat area: Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012
Jabal Al-Uwinat: Gebel Uweinat 1968
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267234-1
Link of images: https://atlas-sahara.org/Convolvulaceae/Cressa%20cretica/Cressa%20cretica.html, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/cressa-cretica, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=2392, https://www.gbif.org/taxon/ZF7N
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267234-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/267234-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001296655, https://www.gbif.org/species/7324452, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/9406/cressa-cretica-l, https://atlas-sahara.org/Convolvulaceae/Cressa%20cretica/Cressa%20cretica.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CONV/Cressa_cretica.php, https://www.cretanflora.com/cressa_cretica.html, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/cressa_cretica/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CRECRE/, https://www.floraofqatar.com/cressa_cretica.htm, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=2392, https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=172610, https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cressa+cretica, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cressa_cretica
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Convolvulaceae Vol. (45) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 2.
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
Mukassabi, T.A., Thomas, P.A., ELMogasapi, A. (2017) Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica, Libya: existence and extinction. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 10/2 (2017) 183-192. https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4064/
Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica, Libya 2017
Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf
Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf
Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. 2015
Abusaief, H. M. A. (2013) Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar on Mediterranean Sea. Journal of American Science 2013;9(5) http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0905/029_17747am0905_236_249.pdf
Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al- Jabal Al- Akhdar. 2013
Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A. (2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259357995_Checklist_and_life_forms_of_plant_species_in_contrasting_climatic_zones_of_Libya
Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. 2012
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).
Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic).
Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).
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
El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic).














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