| Paronychia kapela (Hacq.) A.Kern., it is a perennial, richly branched herbs with numerous sterile and flowering creeping stems forming adventitious roots. The plants form pillow-like growths with a height of 5–25 cm. The stems are initially downy, later bare, rigid, intertwined. Leaves elliptic to ovate, 2–5 mm long, 1–2.5 mm, Life Form: H, Flowering in: May-Aug, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:435061-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/435061-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000465480, https://www.gbif.org/species/7314246, https://botany.cz/cs/paronychia-kapela/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=500752, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_paronychiakapela.php |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Reported from Benghazi by Maier and Keith | Reported from Tarhuna by Maier and Keith |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Illecebraceae Vol. (37) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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