Euphorbia pterococca Brot.

Family: Euphorbiaceae

General Appearance

Euphorbia pterococca Brot., it is an erect annual herb, up to 30 cm tall, often with axillary rays below the terminal one (or branching above). Leaves exstipulate, alternate, oblong-obovate or spathulate, obtuse, serrulate, the lower shortly petiolate. Ray leaves like the cauline, Raylet leaves rhombic-ovate. Rays 5 (rarely more), trichotomous then dichotomous, slender. 10-20 mm long. Glands transversely ovate, without petaloid appendages. Capsules 1.5 mm. smooth, with 2 undulated wings on each valve. Seeds 1.3 mm, alveolate-reticulate, dark brown. 

Flowering in: Feb-May.

Life Form

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Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain:  Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Between Barce and Tolmetta 1939

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. 31.

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

El-Karnawdy, F.O.M. & Swaisy, A.S.M. (2022) Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. Middle East International Conference on Contemporary Scientific Studies-VII-Beirut Arab University, Lebanon-March 3-4, 2022. https://www.middleeastconference.org/conference-books

Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. 2022

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