Umbilicus rupestris (Salisb.) Dandy

General Appearance

Umbilicus rupestris (Salisb.) Dandy, it is a succulent tuberous geophyte. Stem, up to 20-50 cm, erect. Basal leaves orbicular, peltate, concave above, sinuate-crenate. Cauline leaves progressively smaller, mostly reniform, dentate, the uppermost sometimes linear. Bracts usually linear, about equalling the pedicels, but occasionally large and leaf-like. Pedicels 3-9 mm. Flowers 7-10 mm, tubular, usually pendent; raceme fairly dense, sometimes branched at the base, occupying more than ½ the stem. Sepals ovate, acuminate. Corolla whitish-green or straw-coloured, sometimes tinged with pink; tube about 4 times as long as the ovate, mucronate lobes. Carpels tapered to a fairly long style. Follicle membranous, c. 5.5 x 1.5 mm with numerous seeds; seed c. 0.4 x 0.1 mm, narrowly ellipsoid, dark-brown, closely and rather regularly erose-striate.

Flowering in: Mar-May.

Life Form

G-Su,

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Macaronesia, W. Europe to Medit. and Arabian Peninsula, SW. India

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain: Wadi El-Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa: Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi El-Kauf 1968 Tocra, sea side limestone, Shahat 1973 Shahat to Ras El-Hilal, Gubba 1978 Al-Mansora 2013 S.of AL-Marj 2011

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:277005-1

Link of images: https://www.maltawildplants.com/CRSS/Umbilicus_rupestris.php, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=8048, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=1717

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:277005-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/277005-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000415401, https://www.gbif.org/species/7334368, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/140500/umbilicus-rupestris-salisb-dandy, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CRSS/Umbilicus_rupestris.php, https://osogovonature.com/2023/05/08/umbilicus-rupestris-salisb-dandy/, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Umbilicus%20rupestris, https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/umbilicus-rupestris/?lang=en, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Umbilicus_rupestris, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=8048, https://botany.cz/cs/umbilicus-rupestris/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilicus_rupestris

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1981) Flora of Libya, Crassulaceae Vol. (87) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 6.

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

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

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf

FLORA AND VEGETATION ON SOUTH EL-MARJ ZONE SOUTH EL-JABAL EL-AKHADAR.2011

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

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).