Flora

Crupina crupinastrum (Moris) Vis.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-May.

General Appearance

Crupina crupinastrum (Moris) Vis., it is an annual herb, similar to the Crupina vulgaris Pers. ex Cass., but stem leafy only in lower 1̸3 or 1̸2, lobes of the leaves distinctly serrate. basal leaves after broadly pinnatifid and their rachis lanate above. Involucre 15-20 x 5-10 mm at the time of anthesis and 14-20 x10-23 mm in fruiting. Capitula 9-15 flowered, Florets red or purplish. Corolla tube bearing smooth-walled, unbranched hairs. Cypsela usually compressed, sharply keeled below with a narrow, elliptic, lateral hilum, setae of the pappus up to 10 mm long.

Life Form

Phytochoria

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

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Gharian, Tarhuna, Kussbat by Pampanini & Keith Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata (Shaafien) 2017 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Reported from Wadi Derna by Pampanini & Keith Taknis 1978

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=5945, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=505945, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/12129.html, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/crupina-crupinastrum

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:200608-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/200608-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000018148, https://www.gbif.org/species/3149958, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/137315/crupina-crupinastrum-moris-vis, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/12129.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/crucru/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=505945, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_crupinacrupi.php, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/crupina-crupinastrum, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=5945

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

Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – Libya. 2020

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

Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371282756_altrf_ly_alanwa_alnbatyt_lmnatq_wady_kam_whsrha_wthdyd_ashkal_nmwha

التعرف على الانواع النباتية لمناطق وادي كعام وحصرها وتحديد أشكال نموها. 2017 .

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).

DURAND, E. & BARATTE (1910). Florae Libycae Prodromus ou catalogue raisonné des plantes de Tripolitaine. – : 144 – under: Crupina vulgaris subsp. crupinastrum (Moris) Batt.