Flora

Ferula communis L.

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-May

General Appearance

Ferula communis L., it is a perennial plant of 1-2 meters, robust, glabrous, with a large stem; stem very thick, hollow, finely striated, with opposite or whorled upper branches; soft leaves, green on both sides, broken down into very narrow, filiform, elongated strips; the lower ones with a cylindrical petiole, the upper ones with a large membranous sheath; central umbel large, with 20-40 rays, the lateral ones long-pedunculated, extending beyond the central one; involucre and involucelle zero; reflexed styles, longer than the stylopodium; fruit oval or elliptical, rounded at both ends, tawny when ripe.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+SA+SZ. The native range of this species is Medit. to Arabian Peninsula and Tanzania.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Reported from Gebel Akhder by Durand & Barratte El-Bakur 2007 Wadi Derna 2017 From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog, From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh, From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019 Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.

Link of images: https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/apiaceae/ferula-communis, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/ferula-communis.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferula_communis

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842235-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/842235-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000686505, https://www.gbif.org/species/8048981, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/27432/ferula-communis-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2370.html, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/ferula-communis.html, https://biodiversitycyprus.blogspot.com/2016/03/ferula-communis-l-subsp-communis-cyprus.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/apiaceae/ferula-communis, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/ferula-communis.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferula_communis, http://naturewonders.org/picture?/163, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Grece/Apiaceae/Ferula%20communis/Ferula-communis.html, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Ferula+communis

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.

Saleh, M. M., & Lachhab, S. R. (2020) Plant diversity in Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj City-Libya. Aref Journal for Human Studies- Issue (5) 2020, Pp. (3-65) Ajdabiya University-Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb

Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Bishtaya in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj-University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb

Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fatma-Abuaziza, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

Abd Al-lkhaleq, Y. M. (2007) Vegetation Coverage of El-Bakur Highlands in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Garyounis University, Libya. (In Arabic).