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Cynanchum acutum L., it is a climbing subshrub or shrub, branches slightly pubescnt when young, becoming glabrous, the Leaf 2-15 x 1.5-10 cm, auriculate to cordate, lobes rounded, tip acute, glabrous to subglabours, minutely hairy on midrib and veins., Life Form: Li, Flowering in: Jun-Sept, Vern:—–, Phytochoria: MED+ES+IT, The native range of this species is Canary Islands (Lanzarote), Medit. to Siberia and N. China. ,  Notes: Wild in Libya

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95989-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000632748,  https://www.gbif.org/species/3571089,  https://eol.org/pages/2899761,  https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant-list/species/Cynanchum%20acutum%20L./data,  https://botany.cz/cs/cynanchum-acutum/,  http://www.sardegnaflora.it/linkerbe%20a-l/cynanchum_acutum.html

 

Distribution in Libya
Sirte Plains Marmarica Plateau Al- Jaghboub area
Sirte 2015, 2016 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Ghagbub 1926

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S. M. H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Asclepiadaceae Vol. (9) 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
Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68, https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf Surt region in Libya 2016
Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES.  https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf Plant Cover at Surt Region2015