| Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton , it is a perennial herbs, rhizomatous, aquatic, 10-70(-200) cm tall, glabrous throughout or sparsely pubescent with simple trichomes. the stems decumbent or prostrate, erect in emergent plants, branched above, rooting at proximal nodes. the leaves all cauline, pinnately compound, 3-9(-13)-foliolate. Life Form: Hy, Flowering in: Apr-Jul, Vern: ——– , Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Europe to Central Asia and Arabian Peninsula, Macaronesia, N. & NE. Tropical Africa., Notes: Wild in Libya, in water and on wet ground
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:287534-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/287534-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000380323, https://www.gbif.org/species/5708806, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/109422/tab/fiche, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=501402 , https://www.missouriplants.com/Nasturtium_officinale_page.html, https://dryades.units.it/rosandra_en/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=1402&num=808, http://medplants.blogspot.com/2012/11/nasturtium-officinale-watercress-chhuch.html |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Ain Rumia 1975 | Wadi Derna 1967 Wadi Lathrun, Derna-Susa costal road, Wadi Derna 1968 Wadi Derna 1970 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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