Lobularia arabica (Boiss.) Muschl

Family: Brassicaceae
Flowering Time: Jan-Apr.

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

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Phytochoria

The native range of this species is Kriti, Libya to Syria.

Distribution in Libya

Sirte Plains:  Sirte 2015, 2016

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

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

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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