| Equisetum ramosissimum Desf., it is a rhizomatous geophyte plants small to medium-sized. Rhizome erect, creeping, or ascending, blackish brown, nodes and roots with few to numerous long yellowish brown trichomes or glabrous. Aerial stem perennial, monomorphic, green, 20-60 cm tall, 1-7 mm in diam. at middle, lower portion of main stem often branched, tufted; internodes 2-10 cm; young whorled branches conspicuous or inconspicuous; main stem 5-20-ridged, ridges arc-shaped abaxially, with a row of tubercles or small light brown cross grains; sheath tubes narrow, up to 1 cm, lower portion grayish green, upper portion usually grayish brown; sheath teeth 5-22, grayish white to light or blackish brown, deltoid, base flat or arc-shaped, margin (sometimes upper part) membranous, caducous or persistent, with conspicuous or inconspicuous stomatal bands. Lateral branches hard, terete, 5-12-ridged; ridge glabrous or with 1 row of tubercles or small pale cross grains; sheath teeth 5-10, upper portion brown, lanceolate, leathery but membranous at margin, usually persistent. Strobilus shortly clavate or ellipsoid, 0.5-2.5 cm, 0.4-0.7 cm in diam. at middle, apex with small acute tip, sessile. 2n = 216. Life Form: G, Flowering in:————-, Vern:———, Phytochoria: S-Cosm , The native range of this species is Temp. & Subtropical Old World, Ethiopia to S. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93010-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/93010-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001107314, https://www.gbif.org/species/2687940, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/130686/equisetum-ramosissimum-desf, http://josenaturaleza.blogspot.com/2010/06/equisetum-ramosissimum-desf-fam.htm, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/96539/tab/fiche, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/equram/, https://osogovonature.com/2021/09/01/equisetum-ramosissimum-desf/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi Derna 2017 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | Vegetation Wadi Derna 2017 |