Flora

Launaea mucronata (Forssk.) Muschl

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr.

General Appearance

Launaea mucronata (Forssk.) Muschl., it is an annual or perennial herbaceous, , hairless, highly branched plant, reaching a height of 40-70 cm. Basal leaves are star-shaped, petiolate, 10-15 cm long and 3 cm wide, with toothed lobes. The upper leaves are small, sessile, lobed, and have appendages at their bases. The flower heads are numerous, terminal, yellow, and 2-3 cm wide, on a peduncle. The fruit is small and cylindrical, and has white hairy strands.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is Canary Islands (Fuerteventura) to Iran and Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Zliten coast 2022

Sirte Plains: Sirte 2016

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.floraofqatar.com/launaea_mucronata.htm, https://arthropodafotos.de/db_plants.php?lang=deu&sc=1&sci=Launaea&scisp=mucronata,

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229033-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/229033-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000063161, https://www.gbif.org/species/3144888, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/138162/launaea-mucronata-forssk-muschl, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/launaea_mucronata/, https://www.floraofqatar.com/launaea_mucronata.htm, https://arthropodafotos.de/db_plants.php?lang=deu&sc=1&sci=Launaea&scisp=mucronata, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LAUMUC/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

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

El-karnawdy, F.O.M., Abogmiza, A.F.M., Alsouyid, H.M.M., Ajaj. K.A.K. (2022) Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast, Libya. 5^thInternational African conference on current studies. February 2-5, 2022 Cairo, Egypt.

Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast. 2022

Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf

Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya. 2016