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Sedum laconicum Boiss. & Heldr.

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Sedum laconicum Boiss. & Heldr. ,  it is a succulent perennial ascending glabrous. Sterile shoots present, sending numerous sterile rosettes which are sometimes± pedunculate on loose leafy and erect portion.  Flowering stems 5-10 cm long, bearing below the usual terminal cyme 1-3 axillary cymes. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, sessile, spurred at base, 5-10 x 2-3 mm, obtuse or slightly tapering, often reddish. Inflorescence a paniculate terminal cyme, 2-3 branched; each branch 3-8 flowered, with 1-3 lateral cymes. Flowers 5-merous, sessile or sub sessile.  Sepals ± connate at the base  ovoid, 2-3 mm. Petals 4-5 mm, bright yellow, with red mid-vein. Stamens 10.  Life Form: Ch,   Flowering in: Apr- May,   Vern:———,   Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is E. Medit.   Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275590-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/275590-1https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000437464,   https://www.gbif.org/species/7334003,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/140415/sedum-laconicum-boiss-heldr,   https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SEDLAC/

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder Marmarica Plateau
Wadi El-Kauf, Baida, Wadi Urdama 1934  (4 km) E. of El-Merj 1967   Above El-Merj  1970, 1978 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930  Umm er Rezam 1934

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1981) Flora of Libya, Crassulaceae  Vol. (87) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: pdf files
Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/,   https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021