| Euphorbia pterococca Brot., it is an erect annual herb, up to 30 cm tall, often with axillary rays below the terminal onc (or branching above). Leaves exstipulate, alternate, oblong-obovate or spathulate, obtuse, serrulate, the lower shortly petiolate. Ray leaves like the cauline; caylel leaves chombic-ovate. Rays 5 (rarely more), trichotomous then dichotomous, slender. 10-20 mm long. Glands transversely ovate, without pctaloid appendages. Capsules 1.5 mm. smooth, with 2 undulated wings on each valve. Seeds 1.3 mm, alveolate-reticulate, dark brown. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb-May, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347931-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/347931-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000964247, https://www.gbif.org/species/3067568, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143192/euphorbia-pterococca-brot, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_euphorbiaptero.php, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Euphorbia_pterococca, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/euphorbia-pterococca, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_pterococca |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022 | Between Barce and Tolmetta 1939 |
| 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-Karnawdy, F.O.M. & Swaisy, A.S.M. (2022) Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. Middle East International Conference on Contemporary Scientific Studies-VII-Beirut Arab University, Lebanon-March 3-4, 2022. https://www.middleeastconference.org/_files/ugd/614b1f_77fabd66c5054350a95423613bc913b6.pdf, https://www.middleeastconference.org/conference-books | Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten 2022 |
