| Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Hayek ex Hand.-Mazz., Stadlm., Janch. & Faltis / Infraspecifics: Centaurium pulchellum var. altaicum (Griseb.) Cufod. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Centaurium meyeri (Bunge) Druce, it is an annual or biennial plant 4-25 cm, glabrous, sometimes dwarf and pauciflorous; stem slender, erect, branched from the base or the middle, with open branches. Leaves spaced, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 4-8 mm wide, with 3-5 veins, the radicals never in a rosette, the lower ones shorter than the upper ones. Pink flowers, small, pedunculated, in loose, spreading dichotomous cymes. Calyx with lobes a little shorter than the corolla tube, this one with oblong lobes, 3-5 mm long, much shorter than the tube at the end tightened at the throat. Capsule equaling the chalice. Life Form:Th , Flowering in: May-Oct , Vern:—————, Phytochoria: Pal , The native range of this species is Europe, Medit. to Sahara and Xinjiang. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:366702-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/366702-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000594018, https://www.gbif.org/species/7439391, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/10238/centaurium-pulchellum-sw-druce, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/127376.html, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/243.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_centaureenaine.php |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Sabratha region 2020 Coastal of Tripoli 2020 Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 | Leptus Megna 2004 Kaam area 2005 | Wadi, (2,3 km) from Yefren, Shirshara, (5 km) from Tarhuna, Al-Negaza 1974 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Ghat area | |
| Baida 1977 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Al-Mansora 2013 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi Haboon 2015 | Reported from Wadi Shatti, Serdeles (Fezzan), Tibisti by Keith Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 | |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Gentianaceae Vol. (22) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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| Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3Lop40u, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-selected-districts-in-sabratha-region-libya.php | Sabratha region Libya 2020 |
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| 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 |
| Mahklouf, M.H. & Al-Sghair, F.G. (2016) Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Oct 2016, Volume 4, Issue 4.PP(119-123) https://bit.ly/3LJPNED, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf | Mallaha Wetland 2016 |
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