| Hypericum empetrifolium Willd., it is a shrub up to 10-60 cm tall, with strict erect to procumbent branches. Leaves sub sessile, 3 in each whorl, linear, 4-15 x 1.5-2.0 mm, glabrous, gland-dotted, margin revolute, and lip obtuse. Inflorescence an elongated branched panicle with simple cymes or flowers solitary. Flowers pedicellate, bracteate. Sepals 1-2.5 mm long, oblong elliptic, with sessile marginal black glands. Petals 5-10 mm long, oblong-elliptic, deciduous. Capsule 4-6 mm long, narrowly ovoid, glaucous, shining. Seeds c.1 mm long, 0.5 mm broad. elliptic, papillose. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Mar-Jun, Vern:—————-, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is N. Albania, Central & S. Greece to W. Türkiye and NE. Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:433403-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/433403-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000727601, https://www.gbif.org/species/8411092, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143870/hypericum-empetrifolium-willd,https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/60837.html, https://botany.cz/cs/hypericum-empetrifolium/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Baida, Shahat, Al-Athrun 1934 Wadi Wardama, N. of Lamluda 1939 Wadi Shira 1958 Susa to Shahat 1967 Wadi Qalaa 1970 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1976) Flora of Libya, Guttiferae Vol. (2) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSI Publications,2014 DOI: 10.5829/idosi. aejaes. 2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
| Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed |
| 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) |
