| Sagina apetala Ard., it is an annual plants, glandular-pubescent, the stems ascending to decumbent, much-branched, filiform, glabrous or sometimes glandular-pubescent. Leaves: axillary fascicles absent; basal sometimes in rosettelike whorl, withering early; cauline leaves connate basally, proximal blades linear, 4-8(-12) mm., Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Jan-Apr, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: ES+MED+IT, The native range of this species is Europe to NW. India, Macaronesia, N. Africa to Ethiopia. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:156411-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/156411-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000438405, https://www.gbif.org/species/8941837, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/SAGAPE/, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Sagina_apetala, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Sagina+apetala,https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/sagina-apetala/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagina_apetala |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Tripoli 1977 | Liptis Magna 1975 | Shahat 1970 |
| Marmarica Plateau | ||
| Omm Razem 1968 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (in Arabic) |
