General Appearance
Sedum hispanicum L., it is an annual or biennial herb, glaucous, usually hairy above, up to 15 cm long. Leaves 4-20 mm long, somewhat flattened, terete or semi terete. Inflorescence 2-3 ( -5)-forked into scorpioid cymes. Bracts slightly shorter than flowers. Flower 6-7 (rarely 4-9) merous. Calyx lobes 1-1.5 mm, broadly triangular to semi orbicular, glabrous to glandular-pubescent. Petals 5-6 mm, usually white, with reddish midrib, lanceolate acuminate, ± pubescent along mid-rib. Stamens 12-14. Nectariferous scales usually 2-lobed. Follicles 6-7, ±compressed, conical, frequently tuberculate, ± pubescent.
Flowering in: Mar-Apr.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Benghazi Plain: Wadi El-Ghattara 2010
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Roman aquaduct near Labrag, E. of Shahat 1970 Wadi Zaza 2003
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275520-1
Link of images: https://flora.org.il/en/plants/sedhis/, https://www.cretanflora.com/sedum_hispanicum.html
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275520-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/275520-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000437475, https://www.gbif.org/species/5361982, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/55368/sedum-hispanicum-l, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum_hispanicum, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/sedum/hispanicum/, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/sedum_hispanicum/, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=1776, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/sedhis/, https://www.i-flora.com/en/fact-sheets/search-for-species/art/show/sedum-hispanicum.html
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. 25.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wz8jpkIAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ALTsoucAAAAJ&hl=en, https://journals.uob.edu.ly/index.php/sjuob/issue/view/71
Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. 2010
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







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