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Sisymbrium irio L., it is an annual herb (10-)20-60 cm tall, erect, branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy with simple hairs. Basal and lower leaves petiolate, pinnately lobed with a hastate terminal lobe larger than the laterals, 2-6-jugate, very variable in size; cauline leaves similar but only 1-3-jugate., Life Form: Th,   Flowering in: Feb- May,   Vern: ——- ,   Phytochoria: S-Cosm, The native range of this species is Europe to N. China and Himalaya, Sahara to N. & NE. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula.  Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:237940-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/237940-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000431928, https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.50196https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/sisymbrium/irio/https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/sisymbrium_irio.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisymbrium_irio, https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=1152&clid=3056, https://oregonflora.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=8441

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain Zliten-Misurata Plain Sirte Plains
Sidi Mesri 1967  Guddaim, (35 km) from Tripoli 1972  Tripoli 1976  Sabrata 2008  El-Zawia 2015   Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli 2016  Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016  Research station (faculties of Agriculture) 2017   Sabratha region 2020   Coastal of Tripoli 2020 Kaam area 2005   Misurata 2006,2008   Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022 (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008   Sirte 2015, 2016   Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020
Benghazi Plain Jabal Nafusa Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016  Jardina-Soloq Region 2020  Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Gharian 1967   Rumia, (15 km) from Yefren, Gharian 1974  Sharshara, Tarhuna 1975   Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008   Tarhuna (Zurgan) 2018    Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020   Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020   Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake) 2022 Ras el Tin 1972  Derna, Susa 1973    Wadi Zaza 2003   Gaber Jera 2013    Wadi El-Kouf 2014   Sidi Abu-Ras 2017  Wadi Derna 2017
Marmarica Plateau Al-Qibla area Al-Jufra area
Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930  From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999  Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002   Al-Makhili 2007  Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008 Wadi Nesma region 2009   Wadis South of Mizda 2013 Zella 2008

 

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