| Atractylis cancellata L., it is a small annual herb 5–15(–25) cm tall; the stem is usually simple, straight, often reddish. Ground leaves are narrowly lanceolate, up to 5 cm long, spiny-toothed and cobwebbed; stem leaves are alternate, lanceolate or sublanceolate, the uppermost stem leaves are clustered under the sheath and form a false sheath, are curved, linear, twice pinnate, 1.5–2(–2.5) cm long, with 6–11 pairs of forked spines., Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Apr- May, Vern:—— , Phytochoria: MED+SA+IT, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to W. Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula., Notes: Wild in Libya
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:182905-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000046461, https://www.gbif.org/species/5398279, https://botany.cz/cs/atractylis-cancellata/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ATRCAN/, https://maltawildplants.com/ASTR/Atractylis_cancellata.php, https://www.biodiversidadcanarias.es/biota/especie/F01477 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Benghazi Plain |
| Sabrath 2008 | Kaam area 2005 | Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| (22 km) W.of Khoms 1967,1969 El-Naggaza 1974 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Abughilan 2016 Tarhuna (Arabeen, Hejaz) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 Wadi Kaam (Main course) 2022 | Gasr-Libya 1978 El-kouf area 1984 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 S. of AL-Marj 2011 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog 2019 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 |
| 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. | |
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