| Asperugo procumbens L., it is an annual plant up to 50 cm tall, the stem and branches fistular, striate, scabrid with setose retrorse hairs, the leaves shortly petiolate, lamina decurrent, 20-80 x 6-19 mm (including petiole), oblanceolate to broad lanceolate, acute to obtuse, hairy on both surfaces with subappressed hairs up to 1.0 mm long, arising from a swollen base., Life Form: Th , Flowering in: Feb-Apr , Vern:— , Phytochoria: S-Cosm , The native range of this species is Medit. to Temp. Eurasia. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:113506-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000552204, https://www.gbif.org/species/2926055, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/asperugo/procumbens/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ASPPRO/, https://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PDBOR04010, https://botany.cz/en/asperugo-procumbens/, https://eol.org/pages/580762 |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Tripolitania | Jabal Nafusa |
| Reported from Tripolitania by Pampanini | Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1979) Flora of Libya, Boraginaceae Vol. (68) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
