Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.

Family: Cyperaceae

General Appearance

Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. it is a perennial, glabrous herb with creeping rhizome. Stem 9-50 cm high. Spikelets elongated, sub cylindrical lanceolate or linear-lanceolate 6-15 mm long, many flowered. Rachis erect, glabrous, wingless. Glumes ovate-rounded or ovate-oblong. The lowest two sterile and shorter than the fertile glumes. Perianth bristles variable in number, 3-6. Stamens 3. Style slender, short with conical or ovoid flattened base. Stigmas 2, long papillose. Achene yellowish-brown, about 1̸2 the glume length, ovoid biconvex.

Flowering in: Mar-Des.

Life Form

G, Hel.

Phytochoria

S.Cosm. The native range of this species is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Himalaya.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Labrag, Lamluda 1933 Baida, Gubba, Ain Mara 1934 Lamluda,  Derna 1939  El-kouf area 1984  El-Hamamah to Biada 2003

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Cyperaceae Vol.  (120) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 31.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

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_1547https://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

ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.

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