| Monsonia nivea (Decne.) Webb, it is a small perennating shrublet, up to 35 cm tall, cancscent with 10-15 cm long, woody rootstock. Stems procumbent densely beset with silvery-grey pubescence. Leaves with petiole up to 4.5 cm long, opposite, usually rosulate at base, lamina lanceolate – ovate or elliptic-ovate to broadly ovate, 6-25 (-30) x 4-12 (-15) mm, rounded or truncate to broadly cuneate at the base, margins crenate, obtuse to ± acute at the apex, silvery-eanescent with appressed white hairs, stipules oblong-lanceolate to subulate, 2.5-3.5 mm long, tomentellous. Inflorescence scapose, 2-6-flowercd, peduncle up to 15 (-20) cm long. Flowers pink, c. 1.2 cm across, pedicel 10-25 (-28) mm long, appressed canescent, bracts ovate-oblong to lanceolatc, 2.5-3 mm long, acute-acuminate. Sepals elliptic to obovate-oblong, 3-4 x 1.5-2 mm, slightly mucronate, up to c. 6 mm long in fruit. Petals obovate, slightly longer than the sepals, ciliate at the base, pink. Stamens with basally ciliate and dilated filaments. Ovary hirsute. Mericarps 4.5-5 mm long, appressed hairy, with 2 transverse furrows at the apex, beak 40-50 mm long, internally plumose. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Feb-May, Vern: Tazren, Phytochoria: SS+SZ, The native range of this species is Sahara to Pakistan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:374543-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/374543-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000376388, https://www.gbif.org/species/7268543, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/10884/monsonia-nivea-decne-decne-ex-webb, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Geraniaceae/Monsonia_nivea.htm, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/geraniaceae/monsonia-nivea, https://www.floraofqatar.com/monsonia_nivea.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/MONNIV/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| El-Zawia 2015 Sabratha region 2020 | Misurata 2015 | Sirte 2015, 2016 |
| Jabal Nafusa | Marmarica Plateau | Al-Qibla area |
| Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 | Wadis South of Mizda 2013 |
| Ghadames area | Al-Jufra area | Fezzan area |
| (1 km) from Ghadames to Derj 1977 | (120 km) from Bughrain to Hun, (200 km) from Sebha to Hun 1973 EL-Harouge mountain 2012 | (16,45 km) from the highway to Brack 1973 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Geraniaceae Vol. (63) 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 |
| Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3Lop40u, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-selected-districts-in-sabratha-region-libya.php | Sabratha region Libya 2020 |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf | Surt region in Libya 2016 |
| Al-Fiqi, Abd al-Salam M., Abul-Qasim, R. (2015) Inventory of the vegetation cover surrounding Al-Zawiya University. The Libyan Journal of Science Volume 18, 2014/2015 .(In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/issue/view/24 | حصر الغطاء النباتي المحيط بجامعة الزاوية 2015 |
| Aljarroushi, M.M. & Almedham, K.E. (2015) Natural plant cover composition in Misurata area, Libya. Assiut Journal for Environmental Studies-42nd issue-July 2015. (In Arabic) | |
| Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf | Plant Cover at Surt Region 2015 |
| 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) |
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| El-Barasi, Y.M. & Barrani, M.W. (2012) Factors affecting natural vegetation on EL-Harouge Mountain, Central part of Libyan Desert (Sahara). Bocconea 24: 199-211. 2012. -ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manam-Saaed-2 | vegetation on EL-Harouge mountain 2012 |
| El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic) |
