| Launaea nudicaulis (L.) Hook.f., Life Form: H, Flowering in: Feb- Mar, Vern: Arzetha , Phytochoria: SS+SZ, The native range of this species is Canary Islands to Arabian Peninsula, Medit. to NW. India. Notes: Wild in Libya. medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229036-1 http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000026452, https://www.gbif.org/species/3144742 , https://flora.org.il/en/plants/LAUNUD/, http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=78&id=9439, https://eol.org/pages/6254597, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/asteraceae/launaea-nudicaulis |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Wadi El Atal, 1972 Wadi Al-Maiat project 1974 Sabratha 2019 Sabratha region 2020 | Misurata 1967 Al-Kararim 1968 Misurata 2008 Misurata 2015 Misurata (Sassu Valley) 2016 | (2 km) E. of Bugrain 1967 Gluf of Sirte, Buyirat el Hasoun 1970 Tawargha 1975 Wadi Soofejeen 2017 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Deryana, (40 km) from Benghazi 1972 Wadi El Ghattara 2010 Ajdabia (Al-Bedan) 2016 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 | Ras Al-Mesen, (110 km) E. of Tripoli 1972 (37 km) from Kaleba 1974 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata (Shaafien) 2017 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 Wadi Kaam (Main course, Headwaters) 2022 | Wadi Zaza 2003 S. AL-Marj 2011 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Wadi Zaza, Wadi Al-Ager 2017 From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh 2019 |
| Marmarica Plateau | Al-Qibla area | Al-Jufra area |
| Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Al-Tamimi 1968 (50 km) from Msaid to Tobruk 1975 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 | Wadi Nesma region 2009 | (149 km) from Bu-Njaim to Hun, (2 km) from Weshka, Wadi Zaggar, Gara Al-Tifrani, (23 km) from Weshka 1975 Al-Jufra region 2020 |
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