Flora

Urospermum dalechampii (L.) Scop. ex F.W.Schmidt

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Apr-May.

General Appearance

Urospermum dalechampii (L.) Scop. ex F.W.Schmidt , it is a perennial herb, erect, up to 10-60 cm, pubescent, simple or branched, Basal leaves 50-190 x 10-40 mm, hispid, runcinate-pinnatifid, attenuate into a narrowly winged petiole. Cauline leaves sessile, amplexicaule, lanceolate or ovate, entire or coarsely dentate. Capitula up to 50 mm in diam., and 25-35 mm long. 1 (-3) on a peduncle. Peduncles 30-100 mm, weakly inflated below the involucre. Involucral bracts 15-25 x 2.5-6 mm, lanceolate, subacute, hairy or softly setulose. Ligules pale yellow, often with red strip on the outer face. Body of the cypsela 4-5.5 mm, oblong, with 6-7, short, obtuse, ± laterally projected appendages; beak 9-14 mm, scabrid, gradually thickened below into an inflated base which is confluent with the body of cypsela, scabrid; pappus deciduous, brownish-white, more or less equal to the size of the entire cypsela.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Sabratha region 2020

Benghazi Plain: Wadi El Ghattara 2010

Jabal Nafusa: Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata (Shaafien) 2017 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: ((20 km) from Labrag, (c. 35 km from Lamluda), (5 km) from Shahat 1972 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 El-Bakur 2007 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi Haboon 2015 From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh, From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019

Notes

Wild in Libya, in cultivated and waste grounds.

Link of images: https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=506219, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-France/Asteraceae/Urospermum%20dalechampii/Urospermum-dalechampii.html, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/50247.html,

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:257064-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/257064-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000136897, https://www.gbif.org/species/3096622, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/139645/urospermum-dalechampii-l-f-w-schmidt, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Urospermum%20dalechampii, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=506219,https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_urospermdale.php, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-France/Asteraceae/Urospermum%20dalechampii/Urospermum-dalechampii.html, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3872.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urospermum_dalechampii

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 341.

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

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

Ali, A. M., Lashhab, S. R., Abu-Aweena, A. A.M. (2019) Classification of vegetation cover and its geographical distribution in the area extending between Al-Haniya and Wadi Zagzoog in the north to Lasastata and Bishtaya in the south. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar eastern Libya. Issue (61) Journal of Science and Human Studies- Al-Marj-University of Benghazi-Libya (In Arabic). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/sd-lshhb, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339238955_tsnyf_alghta_alnbaty_wtwzyh_aljghrafy_fy_almntqt_almmtdt_ma_byn_alhnyt_wwady_alzqzwq_shmala_hty_lstath_wbshtaya_jnwba_aljbl_alakhdr_shrq_lybya

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-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Munay-Alteerah https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292919013_Checklist_of_the_Flora_of_Wadi_Haboonat_AI_Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboonat AI Jabal AI Akhdar. 2015

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

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-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).

Abd Al-lkhaleq, Y. M. (2007) Vegetation Coverage of El-Bakur Highlands in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Garyounis University, Libya. (In Arabic).

Al-Hamadi R.I. (1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic).