| Silene longipetala Vent., it is a perennial plant with woody rootstock, growing up to 80 cm high. Stems: Erect, angled, greenish, covered with very short and soft hairs below, almost glabrous, branched and sticky above. Basal leaves simple, entire, oblong obovate, rather acute, petiolate, covered with very short and soft hairs; stem leaves opposite, similar to basal, narrower, sessile. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Mar- May, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is E. Greece to Iran and Egypt. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157715-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/157715-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000441029 https://www.gbif.org/species/5586572, https://savvastryfonosplants.com/silene-longipetala/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SILLON/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Misurata 2008 | Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte | Reported from Gharian by Durand & Barratte |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Al-Jufra area | |
| Reported from Derna, Wadi Naga, Marabut at Sidi Kahlik by Durand & Barratte | Zella 2008 | |
| 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 |
| 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) | |
| Baayo, Kh. A. (2008) Floristic composition of Sahara Area in Libya. Catrina (2008), 3(3):37-53. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18541_f0ebe9187acd58ae16701b93a9bf9cc2.pdf | Floristic composition of Sahara Area in Libya 2008 |
