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Petrorhagia dubia (Raf.) G.López & Romo /  Heterotypic Synonyms: Petrorhagia velutina (Guss.) P.W.Ball & Heywood, it is an annual plants. Stems erect, simple or branched, (9.5-)25-40(-91) cm; internodes glabrous or mid-stem ones densely stipitate-glan-dular. Leaves: sheath (3-)4-9 mm, 2-3 times as long as wide; blade 3-veined, linear to oblanceolate, 10-60 mm, margins scabrous., Life Form: Th,   Flowering in: Feb- May,   Vern:———-,   Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Transcaucasia. Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945509-1https://www.ipni.org/n/945509-1https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000395411,  https://www.gbif.org/species/3085625,  https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=500925

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Slonta to Marawa 1970  Al-Mansora 2013

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya,  Caryophyllaceae  Vol. (59) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: pdf files
Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5).  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2013