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Erucaria hispanica (L.) Druce, it is an annual or biennial herb, up to 80 cm tall, branched from below, glabrous or sparsely hispid below with simple hairs. Leaves bipinnatisect with very narrow lobes, petiolate, ± fleshy ; basal sub rosulate, 10-18 cm long, 3-5.5 cm.,  Life Form: Th,   Flowering in: Jan-May,   Vern: —— ,   Phytochoria: MED+IT , The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula.   Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:283447-1,https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000677442,  https://www.gbif.org/species/5377678https://botany.cz/cs/erucaria-hispanica/https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ERUHIS/https://phrygana.eu/Flora/Brassicaceae/Erucaria-hispanica/Erucaria-hispanica.html

 

Distribution in Libya
Zliten-Misurata Plain
Misurata 2008

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: pdf files
Baayo, Kh. A. (2008): Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008)