| Atractylis carduus (Forssk.) C.Chr., it is a perennial plant, the stems is erect, up to 15cm. the leaves, alternate, entire, dentate or serrate, spinescent, flowers, yellow, Fruits / pods: Fruits are tufted with fine wool., Life Form: H, Flowering in: , Vern: , Phytochoria: MED+SA, The native range of this species is S. & E. Medit. to S. Pakistan and Arabian Peninsula., Notes: Wild in Libya
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:182908-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000102333, https://www.gbif.org/species/5398263, https://www.floramaroccana.fr/a.-carduus.html, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Atractyliscarduus_page.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ATRCAR/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Wadi El-Attal 1975 El-Zawia 2015 Sabratha 2019 Sabratha region 2020 | Zliten (Wadi EL-Zekr) 2022 | Tawargha 1975 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Benghazi, Agdabia by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini . Slouk-Msus road 2000 Ajdabia (Al-Jaledia) 2017 | Reported from Kussbat, Gharian by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini . Wadi Kaam 2017 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake, Main course, Headwaters) 2022 | Reported from Marsa Susa by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini |
| Marmarica Plateau | Ghadames area | |
| Reported from Tobruk by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini | Reported from Ghadames by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini | |
| 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 |
| Almushghub, F., Ahmed, D., Sharaf El-Din, A., Shaltout, k. (2022) Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya. Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences, 9 (2022) 20-37. https://bit.ly/3AJ2ASJ , https://jbesci.org/viewp.php?files=published/9.1.3.pdf&id=213 , https://jbesci.org/published/9.1.3.pdf | Wadi Kaam 2022 |
| El-Karnawdy, F.O.M. & Swaisy, A.S.M. (2022) Current status of floristic structure in Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten City, Libya. Middle East International Conference on Contemporary Scientific Studies-VII-Beirut Arab University, Lebanon-March 3-4, 2022. https://www.middleeastconference.org/_files/ugd/614b1f_77fabd66c5054350a95423613bc913b6.pdf , https://www.middleeastconference.org/conference-books | Wadi EL-Zekr, Zliten 2022 |
| 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 |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in 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 |
| Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal2/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JMSET06-3-1-20171.pdf | وادي كعام ومناطق اخري 2017 |
| Bou-Gharsa, Saleh, A. & Al Sheikhi, S. K. (2017) A study on the diversity of vegetation covers in El-Beidan and El-Glidaya protected areas in Ajdabiya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1. (In Arabic) http://jese.uoa.edu.ly/JESE_V1N1/JESE_V1N1P6.pdf | الغطاء النباتي بمحميتي البيضان و الجليدايه بمدينة اجدابيا 2017 |
| Al-Fiqi, Abd al-Salam Muhammad and Abul-Qasim, Rahma (2015) Inventory of the vegetation cover surrounding Al-Zawiya University. The Libyan Journal of Science Volume 18, 2014/2015 .(In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/issue/view/24 | الغطاء النباتى المحيط بجامعة الزاوية2015 |
| El-Kady, H.F. (2000) Vegetation analysis along Sluk-Msus Road in southeastern Benghazi, Libya, El-Minia Scienve Bulletin, Volum. 13(1), pp.61-71. 2000. |
