| Centaurea benedicta (L.) L. / Homotypic Synonyms: Cnicus benedictus L., it is an annual herbs 5-50 cm tall, annual. Stem erect, usually divaricately branched; stem and branches densely setiferous, the leaves setiferous pubescent with multicellular hairs, pinnatilobed or pinnatifid, prominently reticulate-veined especially on abaxial side, margin spinose to spinosely toothed., Life Form: Th, Flowering in:——–, Vern:——-, Phytochoria: IT+ES, The native range of this species is Europe to Xinjiang., Notes: Introduced in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:190024-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000034687, https://www.gbif.org/species/3127691, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/centaurea/benedicta/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Jabal Nafusa |
| Reported from Ras Tecout, Gharian by Keith |
| 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. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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