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 Atriplex coriacea Forssk, it is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrub land biome.

Life Form: N.Ph

Flowering in: Auq-Nov

Vern: Gatf

Phytochoria: MED+SA

The native range of this species is N. Africa to Arabian Peninsula.

Notes: Wild

For more information:

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163730-1  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=240027 https://www.floramaroccana.fr/atriplex-coriacea.html https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.bm000910464

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain Marmarica Plateau
Tripoli 1976 Bir Aiad, (32 km) after Bir Al-Ghanum 1977 Ras Atteen 1972 (24 km) befor Al-Tamimi on Way to Tobruk 1977 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999
Jabal Nafusa  
Al Ghazayea, between Nalut and Wazen 1977  

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Chenopodiaceae Vol. (58) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest:  
Al-Habony MEE 1999. Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean Coast of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border. MSc. Thesis. Department of Botany. Faculty of Science. Benghazi University. Benghazi. Libya.