Flora

Pimpinella cretica Poir.

Family: Apiaceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr

General Appearance

Pimpinella cretica Poir., it is an annual herb. The lower leaves are simple, sparse, and slightly trifoliate, with a long hairy stem. The upper leaves are small, separate, or trifoliate with narrow segments. White flowers in umbels containing 5-10 unequal rays. The fruit is small, wrinkled, and about 1 millimeter long.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+SA. The native range of this species is S. Aegean Reg. to Iraq and Sinai..,

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa:

Gharain 2008

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://flora.org.il/en/plants/PIMCRE/ https://www.jacq.org/detail.php?ID=1183525

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846733-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/846733-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000390982, https://www.gbif.org/species/6027034, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/PIMCRE/, https://www.agriamanitaria.gr/pimpinella-cretica-%CE%B3%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C/, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/pimpinella_cretica/

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

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

El-Mokasabi, F.M. (2017) Studies on the Flora of Libya. Cont ROL, Research article I Botany l Version 1.

Al-Ahmar, S. M.M. (2008) Systematic Study of Wild Flowering Plants in North Part of Shabiat Garian. Master Thesis – Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tripoli University. (In Arabic). https://uot.edu.ly/sites/default/files/1010520083.pdf