| Crassula vaillantii (Willd.) Roth, it is a herbaceous plant, annual, erect or rarely decumbent, 3-10 cm high, glabrous, with dichotomous branches; loosely leafed stems and branches.’ Leaves’ sessile, connate at the base, 1-4 mm long, linear or subulate, obtuse or subacute, significantly smaller than the internodes. Solitary flowers, 4- but also 3- and 5. pedicel slender, slender, erect, as long or longer than the leaves; sepals fused to mid-height, oval, obtuse, 1/3 or less shorter than the petals; petals ovate, obtusiuscules, 1.5 mm long; stamens almost as long as the petals, with a subulate filament; anthers broadly oval; ovary subtrigonal, with 2-12 ovules, most often 10-12. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: May-Jun, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED+ES, The native range of this species is Medit. to Xinjiang, S. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273566-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/273566-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000625586, https://www.gbif.org/species/5689573, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/fr/nomen/specie/56050/crassula-vaillantii-willd-roth, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/crassulaceae/crassula-vaillantii, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Crassula_vaillantii, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/cravai/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_crassulavaill.php, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CRSS/Crassula_vaillantii.php |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Cyrenaica (Benghazi) by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini | Reported from Cyrenaica (Lamluda, Tocra) by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini |
| 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 |
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