| Euphorbia squamigera Loisel, it is a shrub up to 2.5 m tall, green, branched, naked below, densely leafy above. Cauline leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptical, (20-) 25-50 mm long, mucronate. Glabrous or pubescent beneath, entire or obscurely serrulate. Ray-leaves elliptic-ovate, raylet-Ieaves usually rhombic or orbicular-ovate, obtuse. mucronate, yellowish at flowering time. Rays 5. Capsules 5 mm in diam, covered with shon, cylindrical tubercles. Seeds 3 mm, smooth, brown. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Feb-Aug, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is SW. Europe, NW. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:348336-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/348336-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000964859, https://www.gbif.org/species/3065365, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143221/euphorbia-squamigera-loisel, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/euphorbia-squamigera, http://www.menudanatura.com/2017/03/euphorbia-squamigera-loisel.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_euphorbiasquamigera.php?PHPSESSID=p907ufu7e6njg1o65cjqbfnrn1, http://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Euphorbiaceae/Euphorbia_squamigera.htm |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi El-Kauf 1939 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1982) Flora of Libya, Euphorbiaceae Vol. (89) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSI Publications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
