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Helianthemum cinereum (Cav.) Pers., it is a small, grassy bushes. Stems up to 30 cm, with short sterile and fertile branches that are upright and elongated. Leaves opposite, petiolate, very abundant at the base, ovate to broadly lanceolate, with a glabrous or pubescent upper surface and a densely pubescent underside of stellate hairs. Life Form: Ch,   Flowering in: Mar-Apr,   Vern:————-,   Phytochoria: MED,  The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit.   Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168806-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/168806-1https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000717374,   https://www.gbif.org/species/7331381https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Helianthemum%20cinereum

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Wadi Qalaa, Ras El-Hilal, Baida to Shahat 1970  Wadi Haboon 2015

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Cistaceae Vol. (48) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: pdf files
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  http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar 2015