| Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray , it is an annual plants 10–50(–120+) cm , the leaves all or mostly alternate (proximal usually opposite); blades deltate-ovate or rhombic to lanceolate, 3–8(–12+) × 2–4(–6+) cm, bases broadly cuneate to ± truncate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, apices acute to attenuate, faces strigoso-scabrellous to sericeous. Heads usually borne singly, sometimes 2–3+ in loose, cymiform or corymbiform arrays., Life Form: Th , Flowering in: Apr-Oct , Vern:—– , Phytochoria: S.Cosm , The native range of this species is U.S.A. to Mexico, Caribbean, Ecuador to S. South America. Notes: Introduced. in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30147294-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000043888, https://www.gbif.org/species/3147913, https://www.floraofqatar.com/verbesina_encelioides.htm, https://www.invasive.org/browse/subinfo.cfm?sub=6590, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/verbesina/encelioides/, https://eol.org/pages/819666, https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=6590 |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain |
| Tripoli 2020 Sabratha region 2020 | Zliten coast 2022 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-karnawdy, F.O.M., Abogmiza, A.F.M., Alsouyid, H.M.M., Ajaj. K.A.K. (2022) Floristic composition of Zygophyllum coccineum L. Associates in Zliten coast, Libya. 5th International African conference on current studies. February 2-5, 2022 Cairo, Egypt. | Zliten coast 2022 |
| 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 |
| Mahklouf, M.H. & Abuhadra, M.N. (2020) Review Article Infraspecies Identity of Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. and Hook. (Asteraceae) from Libya. J. Plant Sci., 15 (1): 28-32, 2020. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf | Verbesina encelioides from Libya 2020_compressed |
