| Euphorbia prostrata Aiton , it is an annual herb producing slender prostrate stems up to approximately 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long, sometimes purple-tinted in color. The oval-shaped leaves are up to one centimetre (0.39 in) long with finely toothed edges. The inflorescence is a cyathium less than two millimetres (0.079 in) wide, with white petal-like appendages surrounding the actual flowers. There are four male flowers and a single female flower, the latter developing into a lobed, hairy fruit one to two millimetres (0.039 to 0.079 in) wide. Capsule 1·5 × 1·5 mm, shallowly sulcate, sharply keeled, smooth, glabrous except for the ciliate keels. Seeds 1 mm, ovoid-quadrangular, deeply transversely furrowed, greyish. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Apr-Nov, Vern:———-, Phytochoria: S-Cosm, The native range of this species is Central & S. U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America. Notes: Introduced in Libya ???????, medicinal plant
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:101913-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/101913-2, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000964195, https://www.gbif.org/species/3067891, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/106258/euphorbia-prostrata-aiton, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/euphorbia/prostrata/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/EUPPRO/, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/97623/tab/fiche, https://www.maltawildplants.com/EUPH/Euphorbia_prostrata.php, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_prostrata |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Sirte Plains |
| Sirte 2015, 2016 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| 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 Region 2015 |
