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Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch , it is an annual or biennial, glabrous, green, 15-50 cm high herb. Stem branched densely from base or middle, stiff. Basal leaves 0.5-2.0 x 0.25-0.75 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate, acute-acuminate, and entire. Cauline leaves 0.4-13 x 0.2-0.6 cm, ovate-lanceolate, acute. Inflorescence 4-6 cm long, many flowered stiff cyme. Flowers 8-15 mm long, pedicellate. Calyx tubular, tube smaller than lobes, 6-8 mm long, lobes 2-4 x 1-2 mm, lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla pink, tubular – infundibular, 10-14 mm long; tube 5-10 mm long; lobes 2-5 x 1-2 mm; lanceolate-ovate, obtuse. Stamens 5, filament inserted in ± middle of corolla tube or above; anthers basifixed. Ovary 6-8 x 2-4 mm, lanceolate-ovate. Capsule 8-12 x 2.5-5.0 mm. Seeds numerous, reticulate, minute.   Life Form: Th,   Flowering in: Jun-Oct,   Vern:—————-,   Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is SW. Europe to Medit., Chad, Socotra.   Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:366729-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/366729-1,    https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000594064,    https://www.gbif.org/species/6367342,    https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/10237/centaurium-tenuiflorum-hoffmanns-link-fritsch,    https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/7850.html,    https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/89858/tab/fiche,   https://flora.org.il/en/plants/centen/,   https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Centaurium_tenuiflorum

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Reported from Barce plain by Pampanini and Keith  Wadi Al-Agar 1999   Wadi Haboon 2015   

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Gentianaceae Vol.  (22) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: pdf files
El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126  http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar 2015
Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic)