Flora

Volutaria lippii (L.) Cass.

Family: Asteraceae

Flowering Time: Mar-Apr.

General Appearance

Volutaria lippii (L.) Cass. ̸ Homotypic Synonyms: Amberboa lippii (L.) DC., // Infraspecifics: Volutaria lippii ssp lippii, it is an annual herb, up to 20-40 cm long, with a straight stem, branched, leafy. The basal leaves grow in a rosette, are petiolate, obovate, lyre-shaped to pinnate, the segments are oblong, remotely toothed. The stem leaves are shortly petiolate, pinnate to pinnately divided. The capitula grow singly at the end of the branches. The involucre is ovate, 10-12 mm long. Involucre bracts grow in several rows, overlapping like a roof, are hairy, with lanceolate appendages, up to 3 mm long, yellowish, brown at the base. The marginal flowers are ligulate, sterile, the ligules are light pink. The fruit is an achene 3-4 mm long, with fluff.

Life Form

Phytochoria

SA. The native range of this species is N. Africa to S. Iran and Djibouti.

Distribution in Libya

Sirte Plains: Reported from Wadi Gharza, Bin Ualid by Keith

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

Marmarica Plateau: Reported from Haseiat, Mechili, Tanamola by Pampanini

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asteraceae/volutaria-lippii, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/51455.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/VOLLIP/

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:260096-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/260096-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000045303, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/139678/volutaria-lippii-l-cass-ex-maire, https://atlas-sahara.org/Asteraceae/Volutaria%20lippii/Volutaria%20lippii.html, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/51455.html, https://botany.cz/cs/volutaria-lippii/, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asteraceae/volutaria-lippii, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/volutaria_lippii/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/VOLLIP/

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. 266 – under: Amberboa lippii (L.) DC.

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).

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).