| Sedum bracteatum Viv. , it is an annual, green or reddish glandular-hispidate or glabrous herb, erect, up to 3-10 cm long, simple, ± densely leafy. Leaves oblong-linear, 10 x 2.5 mm, alternate, sessile, not or little spurred, obtuse and largely papillose at the top. Inflorescence uniparous cyme, ± arcuate-recurved, 3-8 flowered. Bracts similar to leaves, ovoid, 3.5 x 2-4 mm. Flowers 5-merous, 7-8 mm across, sub sessile or with pedicels 0.5-2 mm long. Sepals greenish to reddish, connate at the base, triangular, 1-2 mm long, sub-acute or little acuminate. Petals 5-5 .5 mm long, Stamens 10, sub equal, shorter than the petals; anthers sub globose, blackish purple, 0.5-0.7 mm long. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Apr-May, Vern:——-, Phytochoria: Endemic, The native range of this species is NE. Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275157-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/275157-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/7365489, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/140367/sedum-bracteatum-viv |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Road between Al-Kuwayfiah and Daryanah, N.E. Benghazi 1968 | Barce, Cirene, Slonta, Lamluda 1933 El-Merj, (24 km) from Derna to Shahat 1978 S. of AL-Marj 2011 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1981) Flora of Libya, Crassulaceae Vol. (87) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| EL-Barasi, Y. M., Barrani, M. W., Abdelsalam, O. EL-Amrouni, N., Mohamad, F. (2011) Check list of flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone: south EL-Jabal EL-Akhadar. Libya. Annals of Faculty Engineering Hunedoara-International Journal of Engineering. Tome IX (Year 2011). Fascicule 3. ISSN 1584-2673, 141-146. https://bit.ly/3p7s6hV, http://annals.fih.upt.ro/pdf-full/2011/ANNALS-2011-3-24.pdf | flora and vegetation on south EL-Marj zone 2011 |
