Flora

Euphorbia peplis L. / Homotypic Synonyms: Anisophyllum peplis (L.) Haw., Chamaesyce peplis (L.) Prokh.  it is a procumbent, glabrous annual herb, somewhat fleshy, usually with 4 branches from the base, up to 30 (-40) cm long. Leaves somewhat curved, oblong, 5-10 (-15) x 2.5-5 (-10) mm, obtuse or emarginate, entire or almost so, oblique at the base; petiole 2-3 mm long; stipules c. 1.5 mm, subulate. Cyathia axillary, solitary; glands semicircular, reddish-brown, with small, paler appendages. Capsules (3-)3.5-4 (-4.5) x4-5 mm. nearly smooth, purplish. Seeds 3 mm, ovoid-pyriform, smooth, pale grey, occasionally brown-mottled.

Flowering in: May-Jul.

Benghazi Plain: Benghazi 1959

Jabal Nafusa: Wadi Raml-Khoms road, bank of spring, soil sandy 1957

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: El-Hamamah to Biada 2003  Valley Jarjr-oma 2013

Fezzan area:  W. Agail, S. of Greifa 1959

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347719-1

Link of images: https://flora.org.il/en/plants/EUPPEL/,  https://phrygana.eu/Flora/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia-peplis/Euphorbia-peplis.html,  https://www.maltawildplants.com/EUPH/Euphorbia_peplis.php

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347719-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/347719-1,   https://www.gbif.org/species/3066482,  https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143175/euphorbia-peplis-l,  https://flora.org.il/en/plants/EUPPEL/,   https://www.maltawildplants.com/EUPH/Euphorbia_peplis.php,  https://www.cretanflora.com/euphorbia_peplis.html,  https://phrygana.eu/Flora/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia-peplis/Euphorbia-peplis.html,  https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Euphorbiaceae/Chamaesyce_peplis.htm,  https://www.biodiversidadcanarias.es/biota/especie/F02286,  https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/flora-greece/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9e77964a-e783-436f-85c7-5aa78b488394,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_peplis