| Malcolmia africana (L.) R.Br., it is a herbs annual, (4.5-)15-30(-45) cm tall, sparsely to densely pubescent with short-stalked, forked or subdendritic trichomes sometimes mixed with simple subsetose ones, rarely glabrescent. Basal leaves soon withered, not rosulate. Middle and lower cauline leaves petiolate; petiole (0.1-)0.6-2(-3) cm., Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern: ——– , Phytochoria: MED+IT, Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000368311,https://www.gbif.org/species/8139063, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/brassicaceae/malcolmia-africana,https://www.unavarra.es/herbario/htm/Malc_afri.htm, https://www.biodiversidadvirtual.org/herbarium/Malcolmia-africana-%28L.%29-R.Br.-img626591.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolmia_africana |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| (15 km) from Bengasher 1975 (15 km) from Sook Esselot 1976 | Kaam area 2005 | (2 km) before Kaleba, Ain Rumia, (15 km) from Yefren 1974 |
| 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 |
| Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic) |
