| Sedum laconicum Boiss. & Heldr. , it is a succulent perennial ascending glabrous. Sterile shoots present, sending numerous sterile rosettes which are sometimes± pedunculate on loose leafy and erect portion. Flowering stems 5-10 cm long, bearing below the usual terminal cyme 1-3 axillary cymes. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, sessile, spurred at base, 5-10 x 2-3 mm, obtuse or slightly tapering, often reddish. Inflorescence a paniculate terminal cyme, 2-3 branched; each branch 3-8 flowered, with 1-3 lateral cymes. Flowers 5-merous, sessile or sub sessile. Sepals ± connate at the base ovoid, 2-3 mm. Petals 4-5 mm, bright yellow, with red mid-vein. Stamens 10. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Apr- May, Vern:———, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is E. Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275590-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/275590-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000437464, https://www.gbif.org/species/7334003, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/140415/sedum-laconicum-boiss-heldr, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SEDLAC/ |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Wadi El-Kauf, Baida, Wadi Urdama 1934 (4 km) E. of El-Merj 1967 Above El-Merj 1970, 1978 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Umm er Rezam 1934 |
| 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 |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
