General Appearance
Spergula arvensis L., it is an annual herbaceous species, branched from the base. Stems ascending or decumbent. Leaves linear, fleshy, with a channeled underside; stipules scarious. Calyx with free, entire, triangular-lanceolate, green sepals having scarious margins. Corolla with 5 entire, white petals, larger than the sepals. Styles 5. Capsule dehiscing by means of 5 valves. Seeds c. 1 mm in diameter, black, globose-lenticular, surrounded by a narrow, yellowish, scarious wing. Seed surface colliculate; cells slightly convex, elongated, featuring radiating ridges that intersect with those of adjacent cells-visible only under high magnification
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Marmarica Plateau: From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158725-1
Link of images: https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=57, https://www.missouriplants.com/Spergula_arvensis_page.html, https://www.i-flora.com/en/image-search/phylogenetic-tree/art/showgallery/spergula-arvensis.html
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158725-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/158725-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000439880, https://www.gbif.org/species/3085810, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/13178/spergula-arvensis-l, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=57, https://seedidguide.idseed.org/fact_sheets/spergula-arvensis-l/, https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/spergula_arvensis.htm, https://www.missouriplants.com/Spergula_arvensis_page.html, https://www.i-flora.com/en/image-search/phylogenetic-tree/art/showgallery/spergula-arvensis.html, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=45074, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Spergula+arvensis
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
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Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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
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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