| Juncus subulatus Forssk., it is a perennial plant reaching 1 meter, glabrous, with creeping rhizomes. Stems leafy, robust, cylindrical. Leaves 1-4 on stem, erect, sub cylindrical awl-shaped, hollow, soft, not knotted. Greenish flowers, small, solitary, in very dense terminal panicle, long, narrow, interrupted, with erect branches, short bracts. Perianth almost equally divided, lanceolate awl-shaped. 6 stamens. Capsule equalling perianth, trigonous-ovoid, obtuse, mucronulate, brown, shiny. Seeds 0.6-0.7 mm. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Apr-May, Vern: Dees, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Medit. to Central Asia. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:443542-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/443542-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000777320, https://www.gbif.org/species/2701970, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160837/juncus-subulatus-forssk, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2703.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/JUNC/Juncus_subulatus.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_juncussubulatus.php |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Coastal of Tripoli 2020 | Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte | Reported from Gebel Nafousa by Durand & Barratte and from Tarhuna by Pampanini |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau | |
| Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 | From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 | |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Juncaceae Vol. (29) 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 |
| Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Biodiversity of the coastal flora of Tripoli Province. Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 58: 13-19, 2020. BRC www.brc.amu.edu.pl. http://brc.amu.edu.pl/pdf-127341-54763?filename=Biodiversity%20of%20the.pdf, http://brc.amu.edu.pl/Issue-58-2020,9131 | coastal flora of Tripoli 2020 |
| Mahklouf, M.H. & Al-Sghair, F.G. (2016) Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Oct 2016, Volume 4, Issue 4.PP(119-123) https://bit.ly/3LJPNED, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf | Mallaha Wetland 2016 |
| Abusaief, H. M. A. (2013) Life forms and rangeland for many habitats of Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar on Mediterranean Sea. Journal of American Science 2013;9(5) http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0905/029_17747am0905_236_249.pdf | Jarjar oma in Al-Jabal Al- Akhdar 2013 |
