| Erodium arborescens (Desf.) Willd., it is a perennial plant, erect, up to 40 cm tall, appressed hairy, basally suffrutescent herb. Tap root long, with interrupted circular tubers. Leaves with (1-) 1.5-8 (-10) cm long, appressed-puberulent to glabrescent petioles, lamina ovate-cordate, 1.5-10 (-12) x 1-7 (-8) cm, thickish, pubescent to glabrescent, irregularly crenate to sublobed, acute. Stipules triangular ovate or oblong, 3-6 x 2-4 mm, densely hairy, brown, narrowly membranous margined, acute. Inflorescence 4-6-flwered umbel, peduncles longer than the subtending leaves, bracts obIong-ovate to +- orbicular, 4-8 x 2-4 mm, partly united at the base, brown, membranous margined, hairy. Flower c. 2-3 (-4) cm, across, pink with deep purple center, pedicels 0.8-3 cm long, puberulent Sepals oblong, 6-10 x 3-5 mm, densely soft hairy outside, sub hooded and mucronate at apex. Petals broadly obovate-orbicular, 10-13 (-20) x 8-12 (-15) mm, with a dark purple spot at the glabrous base, truncate at the apex, Antherless filaments ciliate at the base, anthers squarish-oblong, 2 x I mm, purple. Mericarps oblong-lanceolate, c. 8 mm long, patent hairy, apical pits with 2-furrows beneath each, beak 7-8 cm long, plumose. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Jan-Apr, Vern: Marghed, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is N. Africa to Israel. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:372158-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/372158-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000676723, https://www.gbif.org/species/3828733, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143551/erodium-arborescens-desf-willd, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/EROARB/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/58001.html |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Sabratha region 2020 Coastal of Tripoli 2020 Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 | Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016 | Nera Wadi Malah, (3,10 km) from Nalut 1972 (26 km) from Nalut 1975 Wazin 1977 Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Nalut 2016 Msallata (Shaafien) 2017 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 |
| Al-Qibla area | Ghadames area | |
| Wadi Nesma, Mizdah 2016 | (13 km) of Ghadames road on way to Wazin 1977 | |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Geraniaceae Vol. (63) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Sghair, F.G. and Mahklouf, M.H. (2021) Vegetation Survey for Vascular Plants of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. Species. Vol.22 (69), 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/A1.pdf | Vegetation Survey of the University of Tripoli 2021 |
| 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 |
| Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 58: 13-19, 2020. BRC www.brc.amu.edu.pl, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/pdf-127341-54763?filename=Biodiversity%20of%20the.pdf, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/Issue-58-2020,9131 | coastal flora of Tripoli 2020 |
| 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 |
| Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal2/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JMSET06-3-1-20171.pdf | وادي كعام ومناطق اخري 2017 |
| Al-Maqsabi, A., Al-Tira, F., Al-Rubaie, G. (2016) A study of the phenotypic characteristics of some species of the genus (Erodium L’Hér-Geraniaceae) in Libya. Book of the Fourth Scientific Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development in arid and semi-arid areas. Pages (718-730). (20-22) November-2016. Ajdabiya University- Libya.(In Arabic) | |
| 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) |
