Flora

Spergularia diandra (Guss.) Heldr.

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Flowering Time: Feb-Jun.

General Appearance

Spergularia diandra (Guss.) Heldr., it is an annual sometimes biennial, prostrate to erect, up to 15 cm tall, glandular hairy all over or glabrescent at the base. dichotomously branched herb. Levees opposite or rarely sub-fasciculate, linear-oblong, 1-25 x 0.5-1.5 mm, not or slightly fleshy, mucronate; stipules triangular-ovate, c. 1.5 mm long, acute, dull white. Inflorescence much branched, lax, dichasial, leafless cymes. Flowers c. 2-3 mm long, pink or pinkish-white; pedicel filiform, glandular hairy, usually longer to much long in fruit. Sepals oblong-elliptic, 2-3 mm long, obtuse, margins membranous. Petals ovate-elliptic, slightly shorter than sepals, obtuse. Stamens 2 or 3, filaments dilated towards the base; anthers yellow. Ovary sub globose. Capsule sub globose-globose, as long as to ± longer than the sepals, 3-valved, valves eventually purplish-black. Seeds triangular-obovate, c. O.5 mm long, all wingless. dark brown to black, beset with rigid bristly papillae or rugulose.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED+IT+ES. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to SW. Siberia and N. China.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Azizia 1970 Tripoli, near Endir Clinic. 1975 Sabrata Ruins 1976 Sabrata 2008 Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli 2016 Sabratha region 2020

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Salt Marsh near Al-Kararim 1968 Liptis Magna 1975

Benghazi Plain: Gaminis-Benghazi road 1968 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa: Gebel Nefousa, (108 km) S.E. of Jado 1970 Ain Rumia, (15 km) from Yefren, Gharian 1974 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Labrage 1972 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013

Marmarica Plateau: Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Al-Tamimi to Omm Razem 1970

Al-Qibla area: (24 km) from Mezda 1981

Notes

Wild in Libya, common along sandy or rocky sea shores or in the pre maritime zones as a weed in gardens and cultivated field or along roadside.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77066304-1

Link of images: https://www.ksanature.com/plants/spergularia_diandra/, https://www.gbif.org/pt/taxon/4YJFG

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77066304-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/77066304-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000436482, https://www.gbif.org/pt/taxon/4YJFG, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/spergularia_diandra/, https://endemicascanarias.com/es/allcategories-es-es/nativas/spergularia-diandra

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Caryophyllaceae Vol. (59) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 18.

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

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.

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

Mahklouf, M. H. &Al Sghair, F. G. (2016) Biodiversity and Floristic Study of Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli-Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Original Article, pag. (101-103). Jul 2016, Volume 4, Issue 3, DOI: 10.21859/ajlsr-040307. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fathi-Al-Sghair

Biodiversity and Floristic Study of Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli–Libya. 2016

Abusaief, H. M. A. (2013) Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar on Mediterranean Sea. Journal of American Science 2013;9(5) http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0905/029_17747am0905_236_249.pdf

Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma 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-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).