Silene conoidea L., it is an annual herb, up to 40 cm tall. Stems erect, branched or simple, densely glandular-pubescent. Leaves 25-140 x 2-12 mm, linear-lanceolate, base clasping at the nodes, sessile, glandular-pubescent. Bracts similar to leaves, but smaller in size., Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Feb- May, Vern:———, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Central Asia and NW. India. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157134-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/157134-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000438677, https://www.gbif.org/species/5384852, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SILCOO/, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Silene%20conoidea, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Silene+conoidea |
Distribution in Libya | ||
Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
Tripoli 1969 Sabrata 2008 Researches Station of Agriculture Faculty, University of Tripoli 2021 | Misurata 2008 | Tagma, near Yefren 1974 |
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 |
Al-Sghair, F.G. and Mahklouf, M.H. (2021) Vegetation Survey for Vascular Plants of Protected Area of the University of Tripoli-Libya. Species. Vol.22 (69), 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n69/A1.pdf | Vegetation Survey of the University of Tripoli 2021 |
Baayo, Kh. A. (2008): Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008) | |
El-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic) |