| Maresia nana (DC.) Batt., it is an annual herbaceous plant. Stems 5-25 cm tall, erect or ascending, most often strongly branched from the base, with thin stems directed towards the top, rarely unbranched, gray-green, sometimes reddish at the base, completely covered with branched star-shaped hairs. Leaves 0.5-2 cm long and 1.5-4 mm wide., Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Jan–Feb, Vern: ——- , Phytochoria: MED+IT , The native range of this species is Medit. to Afghanistan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286825-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/286825-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000368397, https://www.gbif.org/species/5377766, https://bgflora.net/families/brassicaceae/maresia/maresia_nana/maresia_nana_en.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MARNAN/, https://eol.org/pages/5158996, https://botany.cz/en/maresia-nana/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Maresia%20nana/Maresia-nana.html, https://cambriasalvatore.wixsite.com/flora-della-sicilia/maresia-nana-dc-batt |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Benghazi Plain | Marmarica Plateau |
| (8 km) from Tripoli roadside 1975 Tripoli 1976 Gefara plain 2010 | Reported from Benghazi by Pampanini | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 |
| Al-Qibla area | ||
| Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | ||
| 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 |
| Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Abu Ajila, A. M. K. & Ahmed, A. N. (2010) A study of the quantitative characteristics of vegetation covers in Al-Jafara plain. Libya. African J. Biol. Sci., 6 (3):111-121(2010) ISSN 1687-4870. (In Arabic) http://www.aasd.byethost13.com/Volumes/aasdj6(3)2010/111-121.pdf?i=1 | الغطاء النباتي بمنطقة سهل الجفارة 2010 |
