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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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