General Appearance
Eremophyton chevallieri (Barratte) Bég., it is an annual herb, glabrous, glaucous, branched above, up to 15-60 cm tall. Racemes lax, 2O-40-flowered. Flowers 1 cm across, purplish. violet-veined. Pedicels up to 4 mm long in fruit, ascending, not thickened. Sepals 4~5 mm long. Petals 8-10 mm long. Stamens c. 4.5: 5.5 mm long; anthers c. 1.5 mm long. Siliquae 6-12 x 3 mm. ± cylindrical with c. 6 ridges and furrows, glabrous. Seed c. 2 mm long, brownish, oblong-ovoid.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jufra area: Reported from Gebel Soda by Keith
Fezzan area: Reported from near Sebha by Keith
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:283257-1
Link of images: https://atlas-sahara.org/Brassicaceae/Eremophyton%20chevallieri/Eremophyton%20chevallieri.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/brassicaceae/eremophyton-chevallieri
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:283257-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/283257-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000671138, https://www.gbif.org/species/3041452, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/141391/eremophyton-chevallieri-barratte-b-g, https://atlas-sahara.org/Brassicaceae/Eremophyton%20chevallieri/Eremophyton%20chevallieri.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/brassicaceae/eremophyton-chevallieri
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 50.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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