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Euphorbia oxyodonta Boiss., it is an annual herb, erect to procumbent. up to 20-40 cm tall. pilose-hispid usually on stems.Leaves obovate to lanceolate, obtuse or acute, serrate or dentate. Rays 3-4 (-5), short, forked twice or thrice. Ray-leaves ovate, raylet leaves ovate-rhombic, acute, serrate. Cyathium with triangular lobes. Capsules glabrous, globose-depressed, deeply 3-sulcate, cocci rounded at back; seeds 2-3.3 x 1.5-2.5 mm, brown. laxly reticulate, caruncle small, vertical. retuse.  Life Form: Th,   Flowering in: Mar-May,   Vern:———-,   Phytochoria: MED,    Notes: Wild in Libya/

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347615-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/347615-1,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000963764,    https://www.gbif.org/species/3065447,    https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143165/euphorbia-oxyodonta-boiss-hausskn,    https://flora.org.il/en/plants/EUPOXY/,  https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/85557.html

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Cirenaica, El Minia  W. Derna 1939

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1982) Flora of Libya, Euphorbiaceae Vol.  (89) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: pdf files
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