Sedum album L.

General Appearance

Sedum album L., it is a succulent tufted perennial plant that forms mat-like. Much of the year the stems are short, semi prostrate and densely clad in leaves. At the flowering time the stems lengthen and are erect, occasionally branched and often pinkish-brown. The leaves are alternate, fleshy and nearly cylindrical with a blunt, rounded tip. They are also sometimes tinged with pink, especially in drought-stressed plants. The starry flowers form a dense cyme. The calyx has five fleshy sepals fused at the base. The corolla consists of five regular white petals, there are ten stamens white or yellow, and five carpels erect in fruit, distinct, whitish. The fruit is five united, many-seeded follicles.

Life Form

H

Phytochoria

ES+MED+IT. The native range of this species is Europe to Medit. and NW. Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa: Gharian 1913 Rumia, (15 km) S. Yefren 1974 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Gubba 1894 Gabr Ali presso Chulan 1934 El Gubba 1978 Ain Mara 1978 Wadi Zaza 2003 S.AL-Marj 2011 Wadi El-Kouf 2014

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275022-1

Link of images: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7036, https://osogovonature.com/2022/08/07/sedum-album-l-2/, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/crassulaceae/sedum-album

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275022-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/275022-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000438148, https://www.gbif.org/species/5362008, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/140348/sedum-album-l, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum_album, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7036, https://osogovonature.com/2022/08/07/sedum-album-l-2/, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/crassulaceae/sedum-album, https://pollenatlas.net/plants/crassulaceae/sedum/sedum-album-l

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1981) Flora of Libya, Crassulaceae Vol. (87) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 13.

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

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya 2014

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf

FLORA AND VEGETATION ON SOUTH EL-MARJ ZONE SOUTH EL-JABAL EL-AKHADAR.2011

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H. (2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Gawhari, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281559070_Checklist_and_analysis_of_the_flora_and_vegetation_of_Wadi_Zaza_at_AI-Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

Flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at Al-Jabal AI Akhdar 2003-مضغوط