| Crassula alata (Viv.) A.Berger , it is an annuals with erect stems to 5 cm long, little branched; leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, 1.5-3 x 0.5-0.8 mm, green to reddish-brown. Inflorescence 1, with sessile dichasia in the axils of leaf-like bracts, pedicels absent, flowers 3-merous, calyx lobes oblong-lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm long, fleshy, green to red. corolla cup-shaped, off-white often tinged red; lobes triangular, 0.7-1 mm long, usually cuspidate, erect; nectary scales oblong-cuneate to almost square, rounded, slightly broadened at the apex, membranous, pale-yellow; ovaries almost conical, at first gradually later abruptly constricted into short styles, with 2 ovules. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Jan-Feb, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: MED+IT+SZ, The native range of this species is Medit. to China (NW. Yunnan), Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. Africa and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105654-3, https://www.ipni.org/n/105654-3, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000624768, https://www.gbif.org/species/5688378, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/140241/crassula-alata-viv-a-berger, http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Crassula_alata, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=508328, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CRAALA/, https://worldofsucculents.com/crassula-alata-three-part-crassula/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Wadi Errabea near Bir el Alam, (30 km) S.E. of Tripoli above Ain zara 1979 | Kaam area 2005 | Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 |
| Marmarica Plateau | ||
| Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 | ||
| 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. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| 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. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
| 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) | |
| Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic) |
