| Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult., it is a perennial tufted plant, to 100 cm. Rhizome horizontal, 2 mm diam., aerial stem arise just at or near the nodes. Stem 1.5-2.5 mm diam., green or greyish green, with 12-28 vascular bundles in cross section. Open sheaths 10 mm, lower closed sheaths soon disintegrating. Spike elongate ellipsoid or ovoid, acutish, with more than 50 glumes, 2 basal glumes sterile, mostly equal, 1.4-2.5 mm, central part green, margins widely scarious, apex rounded, glumes cymbiform, stamens 3, stigmas 2. Nut globose, ovoid or obovoid. Life Form: G, Hel, Flowering in: Mar-Des, Vern:———-, Phytochoria: S.Cosm, The native range of this species is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Himalaya. Notes: Wild in Libya/
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1094314-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/1094314-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000405590, https://www.gbif.org/species/2717002, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/36649/eleocharis-palustris-l-roem-schult, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ELEPAL/, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/95922/tab/fiche, https://luirig.altervista.org/schedenam/fnam.php?taxon=Eleocharis+palustris, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=23992, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=512141 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Labrag, Lamluda 1933 Baida, Gubba, Ain Mara 1934 Lamluda, Derna 1939 El-kouf area 1984 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 |
| 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 |
| Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout | Vegetation an elevation in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2003 |
| ACSAD (1984) Wadi Al-Kouf National Park Studies Project. Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands. |
