| Erodium laciniatum (Cav.) Willd, it is an annual herb, briefly hairy, with taproot. Stems 10-30 cm, lying or ascending. Leaves ovate, pinnatifid or almost pennatipartite, with numerous divisions, narrow, edged with acute teeth. Flowers purple, small, 3-8 in umbels on peduncles longer than the leaf, bracteoles large, and ovate-obtuse, mucronate sepals, with projecting veins. Petals oblong, a little longer than the calyx. Fruit valves without concentric fold; bill 4-6 cm long, edges have 7-8 turns. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Jan-Apr, Vern: Henet El-Ghula, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Canary Islands to SW. Pakistan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:372313-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/372313-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000676925, https://www.gbif.org/species/2891619, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/10740/erodium-laciniatum-cav-willd, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4098.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_erodiumlaciniatum.php, https://www.floraofqatar.com/erodium_laciniatum.htm, https://www.maltawildplants.com/GERN/Erodium_laciniatum.php, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Erodium_laciniatum, http://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Erodium_laciniatum |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Tripoli, (12 km) W. of Tripoli 1967 (6 km) S.W. of Tripoli 1968 Ras-Ejdair 1971 Tripoli 1976,1977 Wadi El-Mjenin 1977 Sabrata 2008 El-Zawia 2015 Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli 2016 Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Sidi-Omeer 2016 Research station of Agriculture faculties 2017 Sabratha region 2020 Coastal of Tripoli 2020 Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 | Misurata 1967 Misurata 2006 Misurata 2008 Misurata 2015 Wadi Kaam (Estuary) 2022 Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022 | Sirte 2015, 2016 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Beach sand dunes in Karkurah 2021 | Gabal Nafousa 1970, 1971 Kaleba, Al-Awenia, (7 km) from Rumia, (7,8 km) before Zintan, Between Reayna and Zintan, Om-Erramel, Kabao 1974 (26 km) from Nalut 1975 (2 km) before Gharian, Ginoun near (15 km) from Shakshook to Jadoo 1976 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Gasar Akhiar, Ghanima 2016 Wadi Kaam 2017 T arhuna (Arabeen, Meghawsha, Terghlat) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake, Main course) 2022 | Tocra 1973 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 |
| Marmarica Plateau | Al-Qibla area | |
| Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 | Wadi Nesma region 2009 Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | |
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