Flora

Logfia minima (Sm.) Dumort.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr.

General Appearance

Logfia minima (Sm.) Dumort., it is an annual herb, greyish tomentose. Stem 5-15 (-30) cm. furcate. indumentum adpressed. Leaves 4-10 x 0.5-1.2 mm. oblong-linear to linear, flat. Capitula 3-7 in a cluster, terminal or in forks of the branches. not over-topped by the subtending leaves; each capitulum 2.5-3.5 x 1.5-2 mm, pyramidal-ovoid, 5-angled. Middle involucral bracts 2.5-3.5 x 0.8-1 mm. glabrous, slightly pouched at the base. Inner female florets 2.5 mm long, many. Hermaphrodite florets 3-5. 2.5 mm long. Cypselas of outer female florets 0.8-o.9 mm. those of inner florets o.5-o.6 mm; pappuse, 2 mm long.

Life Form

Phytochoria

ES+MED. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Europe.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Misurata 2006

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://dryades.units.it/euganei/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=5465&num=1224, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Logfia+minima , https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:231067-1

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:231067-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/231067-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000060697, https://www.gbif.org/species/3088922, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/137599/filago-minima-sm-pers, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=3253, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/logfia/minima/, https://dryades.units.it/euganei/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=5465&num=1224, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Logfia+minima

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

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

Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic).