| Erodium oxyrhinchum M.Bieb. / Infraspecific: Erodium oxyrhinchum ssp. bryoniifolium (Boiss.) Schönb.-Tem //Homotypic Synonyms: Erodium bryoniifolium Boiss, it is an annual herb, up to 6-40 cm tall, canescent. Stems several to numerous, ascending. Stipules 1-3 mm, subulate. Leaves opposite, leaf blade ovate to triangular-ovate, 1-3 cm, pinnately cleft, pinnately parted, or rarely with basal pair distinct, abaxially velutinous, adaxially pubescent. Pseudoumbels with 3-5 hermaphrodite flowers, peduncle spreading pilose. Pedicel ± as long as to 1/2 as long as flowers. Sepals elliptic-ovate, 5-6 mm, densely pubescent, apex awned. Petals purple with a darker base, obovate, 4-5 mm. Mericarp 5-8 mm, without apical pit and ridges, awn plumose. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May , Vern:————-, Phytochoria: IT, The native range of this species is Libya to Xinjiang and NW. India. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:372375-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/372375-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000677012, https://www.gbif.org/species/3826496, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/10744/erodium-neuradifolium-delile-ex-godr, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/erooxy/ |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Misurata 2015 | Sirte 2016 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf | Surt region in Libya 2016 |
| Aljarroushi, M.M. & Almedham, K.E. (2015) Natural plant cover composition in Misurata area, Libya. Assiut Journal for Environmental Studies-42nd issue-July 2015. (In Arabic) |
