| Herniaria hirsuta L., it is an annual plants, gray-green, densely pubescent, the stems prostrate to ascending, 4-20 cm. Leaves opposite proximally, often alternate distally, stipules 0.5-1.3 mm, blade elliptic to oblanceolate, 3-12 mm, hirsute or ciliate, ad-axial surface sometimes glabres-cent., Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: ES+MED+IT, The native range of this species is Europe to Central Asia and W. Himalaya, NW. & NE. Africa to Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:434804-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/434804-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000720684, https://www.gbif.org/species/3085797, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/HERHIR/, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/101412/tab/fiche, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Herniaria+hirsuta, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-France/Caryophyllaceae/Herniaria%20hirsuta/hern-hirs.html |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Marmarica Plateau |
| Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake) 2022 | From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Almushghub, F., Ahmed, D., Sharaf El-Din, A., Shaltout, k. (2022) Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya. Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences, 9 (2022) 20-37. https://bit.ly/3AJ2ASJ , https://jbesci.org/viewp.php?files=published/9.1.3.pdf&id=213 , https://jbesci.org/published/9.1.3.pdf | Wadi Kaam 2022 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
