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Carrichtera annua (L.) DC., it is an annual herb, stems branched basally and distally, (0.5-)0.7-3.6(-4.5) dm. Basal leaves: petiole 1-4.5 cm; blade 3-6 lobes each side, 1.5-4 cm, terminal lobe linear to oblong, 0.3-1.5 cm × 0.5-1.5 mm., Life Form: Th   ,   Flowering in: Feb-May   ,   Vern: —— ,   Phytochoria: MED+SA , The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Iran and Arabian Peninsula.  Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:280826-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000588380,    https://www.gbif.org/species/5375285https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Carrichtera%20annua/Carrichtera%20annua.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CARANN/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=501676

 

Distribution in Libya
Zliten-Misurata Plain Benghazi Plain Jabal Nafusa
Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2008 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Ajdabia (Al-Jaledia) 2017  Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Gharian,Yefren 1967 Gebel Nefousa 1970 Wadi Melah, (10 km) from Nalut, Abughilan 1972 Gharian 1973 (1,5 km) from Yefren, Kaleba 1974  Gharian, Sharshara, Nalut-Ghadames 1975 Kabau 1976  Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Wadi Kaam 2017 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder Marmarica Plateau Ghadames area
Messa, (5 km) from Baida 1972 Tocra, Marawa 1973 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930  From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Al-Makhili 2007 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008 Nalut-Ghadames 1975

 

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Baayo, Kh. A. (2008): Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008)  
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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)  
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