General Appearance
Silene succulenta Forssk. / Infraspecifics: Silene succulenta ssp. corsica (DC.) Nyman, it is a perennial, basally woody, up 1to0 40 cm tall, fleshy herb densely beset with viscid sand adherent glandular papilla-like hairs. Stem diffusely branched from the base, branches articulate, procumbent or ascending. Leaves sessile, obovate or oblanceolate-oblong to lanceolate, 10-40 x 5-15 (-20) mm, shortly connate-vaginate at the base, ciliate on margins, obtuse or subacute at the apex, fleshy. Flowers white or pinkish-white, c. 1.5-1.8 cm across, shortly pedunculate; pedicellate, pedicels up to 1 cm long, elongated in fruit, solitary or paired in axils of lanceolate leafy bracts, forming a raceme-like inflorescence. Calyx tube oblong-cylindrical at anthesis, 1.5-2.0 cm long, ± umbilicate-clavate in fruit, 10-nerved, nerves greenish or reddish glandular-hairy: teeth lanceolate or subulate, 5-6 (-8) mm long, acute, ciliate. Petal limb obovate to obovate-oblong, 2-fid to c. 1̸3-1̸2, c. 1 cm long, white with pinkish-tinge; claws long exserted, white, strap-shaped, c. 20-25 mm long; coronal scales broadly ovate, conspicuously toothed. Stamens 10, filaments glabrous; anthers oblong, 1.5-1.8 mm long, brown. Ovary oblong, c. .5 mm long, glabrous; stipe c. 8 mm long, densely villous; styles 3, filiform, c. twice as long as the ovary. Capsule oblong, slightly longer than the deflexed-hairy carpophore. Seeds rounded-reniform, c. 1 mm long, ± smooth or finely striate, brown.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain: (10,20 km) E. of Tripoli 1966 Sabratha 1967 Talil, (11 km) from Sabratha 1976 Aulad Mohammed 1977 Sabrata 2008 Sabratha region 2020 Coastal of Tripoli 2020
Zliten-Misurata Plain: Liptis Magna 1967,1975 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006,2008 Leptus Magna 2017 Zliten coast 2022
Sirte Plains: Sirte 2015,2016
Benghazi Plain: Dariana 1972 Zweitina area (Sandy beach) 2016 Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2023
Jabal Nafusa: Ras El-Mesan 1972
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020
Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002
Notes
Wild in Libya. A common in maritime sands. The plant parts, particularly roots, contain considerable quantity of saponine, and are used as detergent for washing wool in the past.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158472-1
Link of images: https://flora.org.il/en/plants/silsuc/, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/8607.html, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/silene_succulenta/
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158472-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/158472-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000440131, https://www.gbif.org/species/5588274, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/134601/silene-succulenta-forssk, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/silsuc/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Silene%20succulenta/Silene-succulenta.html, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/8607.html, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/silene_succulenta/
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Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Caryophyllaceae Vol. (59) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 83.
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Alteerah, M.A., El-Barasi, Y.M., Ali Alwerfally, A. (2023) Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area, east of Libya. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research, (ISSN: 0719-3726), 11(X), 2023. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah
Vegetation cover composition and seed bank study of beach sand dunes in Karkurah coastal area. 2023
El-karnawdy, F.O.M., Abogmiza, A.F.M., Alsouyid, H.M.M., Ajaj. K.A.K. (2022) Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast, Libya. 5th International African conference on current studies. February 2-5, 2022 Cairo, Egypt.
Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast. 2022
Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1
An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط
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Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2s5EMysAAAAJ&hl=ar, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf
Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. 2020.
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Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. 2020
Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371282756_altrf_ly_alanwa_alnbatyt_lmnatq_wady_kam_whsrha_wthdyd_ashkal_nmwha
التعرف على الانواع النباتية لمناطق وادي كعام وحصرها وتحديد أشكال نموها. 2017 .
El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdulhamid-Alzerbi, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326461390_aalkhdr_baljbl_bwras_sydy_bmntqt_alnbaty_alghta_drast-lybya
دراسة الغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سيدي بوراس –الجبل الاخضر 2017
Daidah AM, Mugassby MF (2016) Study of the vegetation of coastal sand dune in Zwaitina area. Eastern Libya. Proceeding of the Fourth Scientific Conference of Environment and Sustainable Development in the Arid and Semi- Arid Regions (ICESD); 2016 Nov 20–22; Ajdabiya (Libya); p. 857–864 (In Arabic).
Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf
Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf
Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. 2015
Baayo, Kh. A. (2008) Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008)
El-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic).
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).
Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic).
El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic).
EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).
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