| Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl , it is a perennial plant, up to 8-40 cm tall. Stem branched. ± erect, ascending or procumbent glabrous below, glandular above. Leaves 8-20 x 0.1 mm, linear, glabrous, apparently whorled at the nodes, Stipules lanceolate. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Aug-Des, Vern: Busweifa, Phytochoria: ES+MED+IT, The native range of this species is Europe to N. China and W. Pakistan, Canary Islands, Mauritania to N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1019502-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/1019502-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000439919, https://www.gbif.org/species/7570897, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/13369/spergularia-media-l-c-presl, https://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/Spergularia_media.htm, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=783 , https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=7461 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spergularia_media |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jufra area |
| Kaam area 2005 | Sharshara, (5 km) from Tarhuna 1976 | 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 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 |
| Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic) |
