| Catananche lutea L., it is an annual herbaceous planta low to medium height (usually 8–40 cm) , This species is diploid and has eighteen chromosomes (2n = 18). Young plants above ground consist of a rosette with many linear to narrowly elliptic leaves with the widest point at, before or beyond midlength 3–27 cm long, with an entire margin or with a few widely distanced teeth, an acute or obtuse tip, and the base narrowing, pale green in color on both surfaces due to the pubescent hairs., Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern: Dahab el Kheel, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit., Notes: Wild in Libya
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189615-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000019000, https://www.gbif.org/species/3134871, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catananche_lutea, https://eol.org/pages/6265490, http://www.cretanflora.com/catananche_lutea.html |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Sirte Plains | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi Soofejeen 2017 | Regima,(30 miles) from Benghazi 1939 Cyrene 1954 Bersis 1958 (12 km) E. Labrag 1978 Shahat to Faidia 1970 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal2/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JMSET06-3-1-20171.pdf | وادي كعام ومناطق اخري 2017 |
