| Hornungia procumbens (L.) Hayek / Syn. Hymenolobus procumbens (L.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, it is a herbs annual, (2-)5-22(-30) cm tall, glabrous throughout or puberulent with minutely forked trichomes. Stems erect, ascending, or decumbent, branched at base or rarely simple. Basal leaves rosulate or not; petiole (2-)5-12(-20) mm; leaf blade obovate, oblanceolate, or oblong, (0.2-)1-2.5(-4) cm × (1-)5-11(-16) mm., Life Form: Th , Flowering in: Apr-Aug, Vern:——- , Phytochoria: S.Cosm , The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Xinjiang and Himalaya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:285376-1,https://www.ipni.org/n/285376-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000724776, https://www.gbif.org/species/5376158,https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Hornungia%20procumbens, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=501539 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Benghazi Plain | Marmarica Plateau |
| Reported from Tripoli, Sorman by Maire | Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte | Tobruk 1924 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
