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Silene nocturna L., it is an annual herb to 50 cm tall; stems erect, wand-like, simple or branched, 0.75-1.5 mm diam. Leaves oblanceolate, ciliate. Flowers in subsecund, spike-like, monochasial cymes, white to pink, sometimes.  Life Form: Th,   Flowering in: Mar-Jun,   Vern:————-,   Phytochoria: MED+SA, The native range of this species is Macaonesia, Medit. to Arabian Peninsula.  Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157913-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/157913-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000440805,     https://www.gbif.org/species/6364078,   https://www.maltawildplants.com/CRYO/Silene_nocturna.php,   https://flora.org.il/en/plants/silnoc/,   https://flora-on.pt/?q=Silene+nocturna,         https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_silenenocturna.php,     https://www.atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/atlas/ficha.php?ID=32

 

Distribution in Libya
Jabal Nafusa Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Gharian 1974 (16,25 km) S.E. Derna 1968 

 

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
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