Glaucium corniculatum (L.) Rudolph, it is an annual, rarely biennial herb, pubescent, up to 40 cm tall. Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid with unequal segments; basal petiolate, up to 25 cm long; upper sessile. Solitary flowers (2.5-) 3-5 cm in diam., almost always terminal, with 4 deciduous, broadly obovate. Sepals 2-2.5 cm long, ± villous, lanceolate. Petals obovate, up to 3 (-4) cm long, almost always scarlet in color (occasionally pale orange), with dark spot at the base. Stamens with dark anthers (c. 1.5 mm long) and yellow filaments. Capsules cylindrical, bilocular, up to 22 cm long, strigose, erect, somewhat curved, and dehiscent by two valves that open from the apex to the base. Seeds 1.1–1.55 mm long, amber-black in color, somewhat glossy, semicircular to reniform, compressed laterally, straight on the ventral side and convex dorsally, provided with a crested strophyolus that occupies around 1/3 of the contour of the seed. Seed surface alveolate-reticulated with moderately thick and very slightly wavy walls. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-May, Vern: Gurn-aljadian, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:673158-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/673158-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001090276, https://www.gbif.org/species/5334188, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/23687/glaucium-corniculatum-l-rudolph, https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=67, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Glauciumcorniculatum_page.htm, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4114.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_glauciumcorniculatum.php |
Distribution in Libya | ||
Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
Tripoli 1972 Sabrata 2008 | Misurata 1975 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006 | (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 |
Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
Abughilan 1972 Janduba, (13 km) from Gharian 1973 Janduba, (25 km) from Gharian, Jado 1974 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Wadi Derna 1968 El-Bakur 2007 | Al-Tamimi to Omm Rezum 1970 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 |
Bibliographic references: | |
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Papaveraceae Vol. (40) 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 |
El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://bit.ly/3Vm38ro, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar | Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya 2020 |
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El-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
Abd Al-lkhaleq, Y. M. (2007) Vegetation Coverage of El-Bakur Highlands in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Garyounis University, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic) |