Flora

Senecio leucanthemifolius Poir.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Jan-Mar.

General Appearance

Senecio leucanthemifolius Poir., it is a sub glabrous annual, up to 40 cm. Leaves fleshy, pinnatisect. Basal leaves usually obovate, dentate. Cauline leaves variously dissected, often coarsely pinnatifid, with entire to shallowly dentate auricles. Inflorescence subcorymbose with few capitula. Capitulum 15-22 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts 5-7 mm, linear-lanceolate, glabrous, black tipped; supplementary bracts several, up to 2 mm, usually blackish. Ligules c. 13, c. 8 mm, yellow. Achenes 2-2.5 mm, usually shortly sub appressed-hairy on ridges.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain: Wadi El Ghattara 2010

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi El-Kouf, Wadi Derna, (8 km) S. of Al-Gubbah 1967 Al Bakur, near Tocra 1968 Shahat, Wadi Mahbool, costal road from Baid to Derna 1973 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Gebel Akhder 2007 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi Derna 2017

Notes

Wild in Libya, in maritime sand and rocks rarely inland.

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/senecio-leucanthemifolius, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Senecio_leucanthemifolius.php, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7131, https://www.i-flora.com/en/fact-sheets/search-for-species/art/show/senecio-leucanthemifolius.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:246025-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/246025-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000082704 https://www.gbif.org/species/7624085, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/139232/senecio-leucanthemifolius-poir, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Senecio_leucanthemifolius.php, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/senecio-leucanthemifolius, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7131, https://www.i-flora.com/en/fact-sheets/search-for-species/art/show/senecio-leucanthemifolius.html, http://www.floradecanarias.com/senecio_leucanthemifolius.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senecio_leucanthemifolius

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. Page. 188.

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

Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fatma-Abuaziza, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna. 2017

El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292919013_Checklist_of_the_Flora_of_Wadi_Haboonat_AI_Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboonat AI Jabal AI Akhdar. 2015

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

Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief

Foristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al- Jabal Al- Akhdar 2013

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. & Mohammad, J.F. (2007) Comparative Study of the Seed Bank of Arable Land and Natural Vegetation in El-Jabal El-Akhdar Plateau and Coastal Zone. Journal of Science and Its Applications, Garyounis University Press, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp 1-14.

Seed Bank of Arable Land and Natural Vegetation in El-Jabal El-Akhdar. 2007

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

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).