Arvind Singh I've just upload another picture. Do you think it could be a flower?

Place: Northern East of Algeria (Batna)

Length: about 5 cm (stem)

Thank you

AK

Send more pics sir, in different angles; that's better for identification.

With regards.

@ Abdenour Kheloufi

Picture quality is very poor. It could be a Asclepiadaceae (= Apocynaceae) plant.

Thanks!

Arvind Singh Paradesi Anjaneyulu Ok, I will post an other picture.

Thank you for consideration

Regards

AK

@ Abdenour Kheloufi

Please don't forget to mention the place of collection and habit of the plant. I am sure that it is a member of family Asclepiadaceae (= Apocynaceae).

Thanks!

What Arvind sir said is correct because keep follows them and especially we want species-level identification because of that want more are more information, definitely, we will post our level best exactly.

Arvind Singh I've just upload another picture. Do you think it could be a flower?

Place: Northern East of Algeria (Batna)

Length: about 5 cm (stem)

Thank you

AK

Superb sir; nice presentation, sorry don't know, we will wait for experts response from Algeria.

Thank you.

kind regards.

@ Abdenour Kheloufi

Yes, it looks a interesting plant. Let's hope that it will be identified soon.

Thanks!

Interesting plant, following

Arvind Singh Ok Sir.

Following!

Maybe Scabiosa sp. (Dipsacaceae)

Am also agree with you O.T. Turginov sir; Scabiosa( Caprifoliaceae) only

Check once local species Abdenour Kheloufi ji.

With Kind regards.

Very close to Scabiosa stellata L.

I think it is a member of the segregate genus Lomelosia (Scabiosa s.l). According to E+M Plantbase the following taxa are known from Algeria:

Lomelosia argentea (L.) Greuter & Burdet Lomelosia camelorum (Coss. & Durieu) Greuter & Burdet Lomelosia crenata (Cirillo) Greuter & Burdet Lomelosia crenata (Cirillo) Greuter & Burdet subsp. crenata Lomelosia rutifolia (Vahl) Avino & P. Caputo Lomelosia simplex (Desf.) Raf. Lomelosia simplex subsp. dentata (Jord. & Fourr.) Greuter & Burdet Lomelosia simplex (Desf.) Raf. subsp. simplex Lomelosia stellata (L.) Raf.

@ Abdenour Kheloufi

Scabiosa stellata L. is correct identification by Dr. Rajeev Kumar Singh Sir. This plant species occur in Northern East of Algeria (Batna). Please take a look at the following references.

Article Triterpenoid saponins from Scabiosa stellata collected in No...

Article Lipophilic composition of Scabiosa stellata L.: an underexpl...

Thanks!

Following

Thus, it is not Asclepiadaceae (= Apocynaceae). it is Dipsacaceae Scabiosa stellata L.

Ok. very good.

Scabiosa stellata L. is a member of family Caprifoliaceae

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2594072

Thank you O.T. Turginov Arvind Singh Filip Verloove for your attention and consideration. What I've found is a small specimen and Scabiosa stellata L. seems be longer.

Thank you Rajeev Kumar Singh Paradesi Anjaneyulu

It is Lomelosia stellata (L.) Raf. synonym: Scabiosa stellata L. (Grin Taxonomy 2019)

No we dodnt have in our country

Sure it is known from Algeria, at least according to these sources:

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. - Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord 3 Genève 2011.

See also the 'Base de données des plantes d'Afrique' at: https://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=fr&id=142662

Dear Abdenour,

I found this plant in an orchard in Ain Touta and a colleague identified it as Scabiosa arenaria.

Billal Nia Thank you my brother, I am working on its seed germination. Saha Ftorkom

Abdenour Kheloufi You're welcome dear Brother, Good luck & Saha Ftourk

Abdenour Kheloufi you are right. Lomelosia stellata (L.) Raf. synonym: Scabiosa stellata. Billal Nia correctly identified.

Thank you

Thank you all of you for your consideration and answers

Scabiosa stellata

CAPRIFOLIACEAE This is a synonym of Lomelosia stellata (L.) Raf.

North-eastern Algeria