| Carex illegitima Ces., it is a perennial rhizomatous geophyte, erect creeping and lignified. Stems 20-40 cm long forming dense tufts. Erect, slender, triquetrous, scabrous towards the top faces. Leaves longer than the stems, 2-3 mm wide, plane or often canaliculate, scabrous lowards the margins. Inferior sheaths without limbs, brown to blackish in colour, resolving into fine fibrilles.Superior sheaths greenish or reddish-brown. Inflorescence 2-5 androgynous spike lets. or in a part male.1-2 inferior basiliates with very long, unequal, scabrous peduncles. 2-3 superiors contiguous and subsessile, multi-flowered. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar- Apr, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Sicilia (Pantelleria), W. Balkan Peninsula, Gavdhos, W. Türkiye, E. Aegean Islands, Cyprus. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300267-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/300267-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000347635, https://www.gbif.org/species/2725114, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/156591/carex-illegitima-ces, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=507961 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi Wardama, Derna 1939 Wadi El-Hussaien, Ras El-Hilal, Shahat, 1967 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Cyperaceae Vol. (120) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic) |
