| Hypecoum procumbens L., it is an annual, glaucous, procumbent herb, with striate stem and 2-pinnatisect leaves; ultimate leaf segments linear to lanceolate. Flowers usually small. 5-10 mm in diam. Petals yellow, the outer 3-lobed, almost as wide as long, with lateral lobes much smaller than the middle; the inner petals 3-fid with sub orbicular middle lobe, uniformly yellow and without fimbriate margins. Anther 1 mm long with ± prolonged, 2-fid connective, violaceous. Fruit jointed,(3-) 4-6 cm long, terete, ± compressed, arcuate-erect, tapering above. Seeds c. 2 mm, sub orbicular-ovoid, irregularly rugose. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:–————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to N. Iraq. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:673252-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/673252-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000727185, https://www.gbif.org/species/8281444, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/149912/hypecoum-procumbens-l, https://www.maltawildplants.com/PAPV/Hypecoum_procumbens.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4129.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_hypecoumprocum.php |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| El-Zawia 2015 | Misurata 2006 | Reported from Sharshara?? Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | ||
| Reported from Derna?? Wadi Al-Agar 1999 | ||
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Hypecoaceae Vol. (44) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
| Al-Fiqi, Abd al-Salam M., Abul-Qasim, R. (2015) Inventory of the vegetation cover surrounding Al-Zawiya University. The Libyan Journal of Science Volume 18, 2014/2015 .(In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/issue/view/24 | حصر الغطاء النباتي المحيط بجامعة الزاوية 2015 |
| Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
