Flora

Eryngium pusillum L.

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Apr-Aug.

General Appearance

Eryngium pusillum L. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Eryngium barrelieri Boiss., it is an annual or biennial herb, up to 5-20 cm, cheerful green, with truncated stem; stem erect. Few leaves, branched-dichotomous at the top; radical leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated into a long non-spiny winged petiole, all crenate or incised-toothed with spinescent teeth; white flowers, in numerous heads, tight, sessile, terminal and axillary; involucre with numerous, spreading, linear-acuminate leaflets, with 2 lateral spines; glitter equaling involucre; fruiting calyx with spreading teeth; ovoid-cylindrical fruit, covered with punctuated scales.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Central Medit., SW. Syria.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:

Reported from Tripoli 1886 by Durand & Barratte

Notes

Wild, rare in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=2989, https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842005-1

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842005-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/842005-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000678191, https://www.gbif.org/species/7644316, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/187055/eryngium-pusillum-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2320.html, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/eryngium-pusillum.html, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=298

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Apiaceae Vol. (117) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae – Firenze: 164 – under: Eryngium barrelieri Boiss.