Flora

Herniaria ericifolia C.C.Towns., it is a perennial, prostrate herb with horny woody older branches, internodes deflexed tomentose. Leaves fleshy, opposite, tetrastichous, linear-lanceolate, 2-4 x 1.25 mm, minutely tomentellous, acute; stipules lanceolate, c. 1 mm long, walnut brown, pilose. Inflorescence dense cymose clusters of 6-9 flowers towards apices of branches. Flowers tetramerous, c. 1.6-2 mm long. perigynous zone with long straight hairs. Sepals 4, sub equal, rough, glabrous outer 2 ovate, obtuse, fleshy, the inner ones slightly short, cucullate, membranous. Petals 4, broader towards base, acute, slightly smaller than sepals. Stamens 4, antisepalous, anthers oblong, 0.5 mm long, yellow. Style absent, stigmas divergent, papillose.

Al-Jafarah Plain:  Ruins of Sabmtha 1965  (12 km) W. of Tripoli 1967  Tilei, (11 km) from Sabratah to Zuara 1976

Jabal Nafusa:  Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake) 2022

Wild in Libya, endemic.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:434789-1

Link of images:  https://www.gbif.org/species/3594723

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:434789-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/434789-1,    https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000720667,   https://www.gbif.org/species/3594723,  https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/133802/herniaria-ericifolia-c-c-towns