| Erodium neuradifolium Delile ex Godr., it is an annual herbaceous species, branched from the base. Stems up to 35 cm long, either upright or decumbent. Leaves long petiolate and incised, the upper ones with shorter petioles. Umbels with up to 8 flowers. Flowers with hairy, mucronate sepals and very pale violet petals. Staminoids paler than the stamen filaments, usually whitish. Pale yellow pollen. Brown mericarps, 4.9–5.2 mm long, with short whitish hairs, equipped with a very narrow infrafoveolar groove devoid of glands, like the foveola. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Des-Mar, Vern: Henet El-Ghula, Phytochoria: MED+SA+IT, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Spain, S. Medit. to Pakistan and Somalia. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:372366-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/372366-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000676999, https://www.gbif.org/species/7268511, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/10744/erodium-neuradifolium-delile-ex-godr, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=106, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Geraniaceae/Erodium_neuradifolium.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Qaminis-Benghazi road 1968 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Garyounis, Al-Fuwaihat, Al-Aqouriyah, Sidi Abdel-Ati, Bougatifah 2016 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 | Tarhuna (Zurgan) 2018 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Above Derna, on road to Martouba 1970 Gasr Libya 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Haboon 2015 Al-Abyar 2016 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 |
| Marmarica Plateau | Al-Qibla area | |
| Al-Tamimi to Om Razum 1970 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 | Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | |
| 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 |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| Al-Amrouni, M,M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The first issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/index.php/april2020/, https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf | غابة سيدي أمحمد شمال مدينة الابيار2020 |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Mahklouf, M.H. Sherif, A.S, Betelmal, A. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364. https://bit.ly/3p26EuO, http://www.hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html | Floristic Study for Tarhuna 2018 |
| Al-Mukassabi, A., Al-Tira, F., Al-Rubaie, G. (2016) A study of the phenotypic characteristics of some species of the genus (Erodium L’Her -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) | |
| Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | between Salouq and Al-Abyar 2016 |
| El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126 http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf | Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar 2015 |
| Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. http://sc.uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/5c3e5-39-47.pdf | Flora of Wadi El Ghattara 2010 |
| Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
