General Appearance
Lobularia arabica (Boiss.) Muschl., it is an annual herb, up to 10-30 cm tall; whole plant grey, with mediflxed, bifurcate hairs. Leaves, seolate to oblanceolate, entire. Inflorescence, an ebracteate raceme. Pedicels, erecto-patent, slender, 4-10 mm in fruit. Petals, 1.5-2 mm, tapering into claw. Silicula, compressed, latiseptate 2-3.5 mm, obovoid to suborbicular, valves, slightly inflated. Seeds, 1-2 in each loculus. lens-shaped.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Sirte Plains: Sirte 2015, 2016
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286615-1
Link of images: https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/72581.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/lobara/
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286615-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/286615-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000358664, https://www.gbif.org/species/5373364, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/141874/lobularia-arabica-boiss-muschl, https://www.cretanflora.com/Lobularia%20arabrica.html, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/72581.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LOBARA/
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 132.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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
Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf
Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. 2015
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