General Appearance
Euphorbia oxyodonta Boiss., it is an annual herb, erect to procumbent, up to 20-40 cm tall, pilose-hispid usually on stems. Leaves obovate to lanceolate, obtuse or acute, serrate or dentate. Rays 3-4 (-5), short, forked twice or thrice. Ray-leaves ovate; raylet leaves ovate-rhombic, acute, serrate. Cyathium with triangular lobes. Capsules glabrous, globose-depressed, deeply 3-sulcate; cocci rounded at back. Seeds 2-3.3 x 1.5-2.5 mm, brown, laxly reticulate; caruncle small, vertical, retuse.
Flowering in: Mar-May.
Life Form
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Cirenaica, El Minia W. Derna 1939
Notes
Wild. I have not found a recent record of this species in Libya so far.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347615-1
Link of images: https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/85557.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/EUPOXY/
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347615-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/347615-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000963764, https://www.gbif.org/species/3065447, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143165/euphorbia-oxyodonta-boiss-hausskn, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/EUPOXY/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/85557.html
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. 33.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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