Euphorbia dracunculoides Lam.

General Appearance

Euphorbia dracunculoides Lam., it is an erect annual herb, up to 40 cm tall, glabrous, often much branched from the base. Leaves linear-spathulate or lanceolate, (5-) 15-50 x (2-) 3-5 mm, cauline alternate; ray and raylet leaves smaller than the cauline leaves, variable in shape. Rays 2-3, up to 4 times as long as the subtending leaf, dichotomous. Glands usually 2-horned. Capsules 2.5 x 2.8 mm, shallowly sulcate, glabrous, smooth, not keeled. Seeds (1-) 1.5-2 mm, ovoid, grey to dark-brown, finely tubercled.

Flowering in: Feb-Apr.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

SS. The native range of this species is SE. Spain, Baleares, N. Africa to Niger and Sudan, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula to S. Central China.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa: Mezda road, (67 km) after Gharian 1974 (24 km) from Mezda to Garian 1980 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: (20 km) from Labrag, (c. 35 km from Lamluda), stony roadside 1972 Wadi Jarjar Amma 2012

Al-Jufra area: (17 km) from Weshka 1975

Ghat area: Wadi Tanezzuft 1934 Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346321-1

Link of images: https://www.ksanature.com/plants/euphorbia_dracunculoides/, https://www.gbif.org/species/3070194, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/eupdra/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346321-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/346321-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000961803, https://www.gbif.org/species/3070194, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143044/euphorbia-dracunculoides-lam, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/euphorbia_dracunculoides/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/eupdra/, https://ayushvedah.com/druginfo.php?drugid=568

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1982) Flora of Libya, Euphorbiaceae Vol. (89) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 5.

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

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

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).