| Euphorbia dracunculoides Lam., it is an annual or short-lived, growing to 10-40 cm tall. Stem, 3-7 mm thick, are sometimes branched from below. Alternately arranged leaves are linearly-oblong, 1-3 cm × 2.5-4 mm, with almost no stalk. Leaf tips are rounded or blunt. Floral leaves are broader. Inflorescence is an inconspicuous terminal few-rayed cyathium. Flowers are borne inside a bell-shaped cone of bracts, within a pair of floral leaves. Life Form: Th, Flowering in:——————-, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: SS, The native range of this species is SE. Spain, Baleares, N. Africa to Niger and Sudan, W. Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula to S. Central China. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346321-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/346321-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000961803, https://www.gbif.org/species/3070194, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143044/euphorbia-dracunculoides-lam, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/eupdra/, https://ayushvedah.com/druginfo.php?drugid=568 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Al-Jufra area |
| Mezda road, (67 km) after Gharian 1974 (24 km) from Mezda to Garian 1980 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | (20 km) from Labrag to Lamluda 1972 | (17 km) from Weshka 1975 |
| Ghat area | ||
| Wadi Tanezzuft 1934 Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 | ||
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1982) Flora of Libya, Euphorbiaceae Vol. (89) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A.(2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://bit.ly/42hptsN, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 | plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya 2012 |
| Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) |
