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Papaver rhoeas L./ Syn. // Papavar rhoeas var. rhoeas, Papaver rhoeas var. strigosum Boenn.,  // Infraspecifics: Papaver rhoeas ssp. rhoeas / Heterotypic Synonyms: Papavar rhoeas var. agrivagum (Jord) Beck., Papaver rhoeas var. albiflorum Kunts,  it is an annual, rarely biennial herb, erect to ascending, up to 60(-90) cm long, branched, usually hispid or bristly with spreading hairs on the stem and peduncles, rarely sub glabrous or almost glabrous; latex white. Leaves very variable, up to 15 cm long, usually 1-2-pinnate, lower petiolate, upper sessile; segment coarsely dentate, terminal usually longer than the laterals. Petals 3-4 cm in diam, usually red, sometimes with dark spot at the base. Stamens filaments filiform, dark-bluish. Anthers c. 1 mm, oblong, bluish. Pedicels up to 30 cm long in fruit, drooping above. Capsules sub globose to broadly obovoid or sub oblong, 10-20 mm long, rounded at the base, glabrous, abruptly narrowed into an inconspicuous, very short stipe; stigmatic rays (5-) 8-12 (-18), almost reaching the ends of somewhat overlapping marginal lobes of the disk.  Seeds of c. 0.6-0.8 mm, compressed, reniform in outline, with marked hilar depression, amber-brown in color and with a reticulated surface; reticulum with markedly sinuous anticlinal walls.  Life Form: Th,   Flowering in: Feb-Jun,   Vern: Garun, Bugraun,   Phytochoria: S.Cosm, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Europe to Medit. and W. Himalaya.  Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:306058-2,   https://www.ipni.org/n/306058-2,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000481006,   https://www.gbif.org/species/2888443,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/23676/papaver-rhoeas-l,  https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=307,   https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1354.html,  https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_coquelicot.php,     https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/papaver/rhoeas/,  https://botany.cz/en/papaver-rhoeas/,    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_rhoeas

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jafarah Plain Zliten-Misurata Plain Benghazi Plain
(9 km) E.Tripoli 1967  Tripoli 1972 Tripoli, Bengashir, (15,16 km) from Bengashir 1976  Sabrata 2008  El-Zawia 2015 Research station (faculties of Agriculture) 2017  Sabratha region 2020 Leptis Magna, Misurata 1975  Kaam area 2005   Misurata 2006  Misurata (Sassu Valley) 2016   Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010  Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016  Jardina-Soloq Region 2020  Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Soloq (Beir Bullerjam) 2022
Jabal Nafusa Al-Jabal Al-Akhder Marmarica Plateau
Gharian 1925  (6 km) from Tarhuna 1972  El-Baheia, between Gharian and Abughilan 1973  Al-Awenia, (14 km) after Gharian, Rumia, Manga el-Bahar, (2 km) before Kaleba, (15 km) after Kaleba to Mizda 1974  Kaleba, Yefren 1975  Sharshara 1976  Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008  Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013  Msallata (Shaafien) 2017  Tarhuna (Khsaya, Terghlat) 2018  Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020  Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020  Wadi Kaam (Main course) 2022 Wadi Derna 1967  (5 km) from Baida to Shahat, (5 km) W. of Baida 1972  Tocra,Susa, Marawah 1973  Gebel Akhder 1973  El-kouf area 1984  Wadi Al-Agar 1999  Wadi Zaza 2003  El-bakur 2007  Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007  S. of AL-Marj 2011  Al-Mansora 2013  Gaber Jera 2013  Wadi El-Shees 2014  Wadi El-Kouf 2014  Wadi Haboon 2015  Sidi Abu-Ras 2017  Wadi Zaza, Wadi Al-Ager, Wadi Jarjar-Omma 2017  Wadi Derna 2017   Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019  From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019   Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020  Ain Mara 2020  Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930  From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999  Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002  Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Papaveraceae Vol.  (40) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
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Beit Al-Mal, A. G. & El-Hadar, I. A. (2018) An analytical study of vegetation (Case Study: Targhalat, Tarhouna Municipality, Libya.Special issue of the second annual conference on theories and applications Basic and Biological Sciences. 1 September 2018. الغطاء النباتي بترغلات ترهونه 2018
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