Flora

Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Flowering Time: Feb-Jul.

General Appearance

Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl , it is an annual to sometimes perennating, erect to procumbent, up to 25 cm tall, glandular hairy to glabrescent herb with diffuse branching. Leaves narrowly linear, 10-40 x 1-2 mm, not fleshy, glandular-hairy to glabrous, mucronate; stipules interpetiolar, silvery scarious, ovate-acuminate, c. 2.5 mm long, ± lacerate or bifid at the tip. Inflorescence terminal, dichasial, more or less leafy, lax or dense cyme. Flowers pink, c. 4 mm across; pedicel longer than sepals, glandular hairy; bracts leafy. Sepals oblong or ovate-oblong, 3-4 (-5) mm long, obtuse, with membranous margins, glandulous outside. Petals ovate-obovate, as long as or slightly shorter than sepals. Stamens (5-) 10, filaments shorter than petals; anthers yellow. Ovary ovoid-sub globose, somewhat stiped; Styles 3, free. Capsule conical-oblong, 4-5 mm long, greenish-yellow, usually not exceeding the sepals. Seeds obovate-triangular or ± trigonous, c. 0.5 mm long, all wingless, dark brown or black. finely tuberculate.

Life Form

Phytochoria

S-Cosm. The native range of this species is Europe to Russian Far East, Macaronesia to N. & NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Talil beach. (10 km) from Sabrataha 1976

Zliten-Misurata Plain: Misurata 2006

Benghazi Plain: Msus-Al-Ajramia zone 2004 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Ras El-Hilal 1972 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020

Notes

Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158983-1

Link of images: https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=7716, https://botany.cz/cs/spergularia-rubra/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SPERUB/, https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/spergularia-rubra-1.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158983-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/158983-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000436420, https://www.gbif.org/species/3085633, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/235228/spergula-rubra-l-bartl, https://phrygana.eu/Flora/Caryophyllaceae/Spergularia-rubra/Spergularia-rubra.html, https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=7716, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/spergularia/rubra/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SPERUB/, https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/spergularia-rubra-1.html, https://ukrbin.com/index.php?id=122277, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=788

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. 17.

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

Al-Amrouni, M, M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The First Issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf, https://independent.academia.edu/ABDULHAMIDALZERBI

دراسة الغطاء النباتي بغابة سيدي امحمد شمال مدينة الابياربالجبل الاخضر.2020

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

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

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).

El-Jetlawi A.O.(2004) Study of vegetation and soil seed bank of a range desert zone (Msus-Al-Ajramia), Master of Science Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya (In Arabic).

PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. -: 195 – under: Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica