| Sedum litoreum Guss. , it is a succulent annual, stem up to 4-15 cm, simple or with erect branches. Leaves 10-20 mm, alternate, obovate-spathulate, flattish, shortly spurred. Flowers 5-merous, subsessile, in long, lax cymes. Petals 2.5-4 mm, equalling or slightly exceeding the sepals, lanceolate, acute to acuminate, pale yellow. Stamens 5, rarely 10. Follicles erecto-patent, styles short. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Apr-May, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Central & E. Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya, rare species of coastal sands.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275627-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/275627-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000437270, https://www.gbif.org/species/7334047, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/140418/sedum-litoreum-guss, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CRSS/Sedum_litoreum.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/sedlit/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Rhodes/Crassulaceae/Sedum%20litoreum/Sedum%20litoreum.html, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7055 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from El-Merj by Maire & Weiller Wadi Zaza 2003 |
| 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., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q , http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed |
