| Sonchus maritimus L., it is a perennial, herbaceous plant, 15-80 cm in height, creeping rhizomes, the stem with little or no branching, with a low number of flower heads, leaves ± entire. Rhizome creeping, cylindrical, 3-8 mm, bearing fibrous, fine roots. Collar unbranched, cylindrical, 3-8 mm., Life Form: G, H , Flowering in: Apr-Spt , Vern:—– , Phytochoria: MED+IT , The native range of this species is Medit. to Central Asia and Pakistan, N. Chad. Notes: Wild in Libya. on damp, marshy or non-marshy places
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:250244-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000035796, https://www.gbif.org/species/3105703, http://www.menudanatura.com/search/label/G%C3%A8nere%20Sonchus, https://eol.org/pages/6251047, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/sonmar/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7416, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/sonchus-maritimus |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Reported from Ain Zara by Kieth Sabratha 2019 Sabratha region 2020 | Reported from Leptus Megna by Kieth | Reported from Ain Shashara, Tarhuna and Khoms by Kieth . Abughilan 1967 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Asteraceae Vol. (107) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-khojah, H.M., Al-Yafour, L.A., Mahklouf, M.H. (2020) Floristic Study of Selected Districts in Sabratha region Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7/Issue 4 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3Lop40u , https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-selected-districts-in-sabratha-region-libya.php | Sabratha region Libya 2020 |
| Saed, Z.H. S., Abohbell, H.A., Mahklouf, M. H. (2019) Floristic Analysis of the Family Asteraceae in Sabratha city- Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches 2019; 7(1): 18-25 Published online January, 2019 http://mail.diili.org/ojs-2.4.6/index.php/ajlsr/article/view/273/0 | Asteraceae in Sabratha city 2019 |
