| Romulea ramiflora Ten. / Infraspecifics: Romulea ramiflora ssp. ramiflora, it is a tuberous geophyte herb with ovoid, 1-2 cm across, bulb-like corm, closely enveloped by brown scales. Stem (scape) 15-30 cm long, cylindrical, hairy. Leaves linear, up to 45 cm long, stout, slightly curved, acute. Flowers 1-6 per plant, spathe lanceolate 12-15 mm long, acute, ± rigid, striate. Perianth segments, lanceolate, pointed, 10-15 mm long, violet in colour. Stamens 3, (1/2-2/3 the length of perianth), filaments slender, filiform, hairy at lower half. Anthers yellow, 2.5 mm long. Style usually half as long as stamens, 3-lobed, lobes shortly 2-fid. Capsule oblong, 1.5-2.0 x 0.7-0.8 cm, obtuse. Seeds darkish brown, c. 1.8 mm diam. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Feb-Mar, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:440821-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/440821-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000785950, https://www.gbif.org/species/2743798, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160725/romulea-ramiflora-ten, https://www.maltawildplants.com/IRID/Romulea_ramiflora.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3398.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_romulearamiflora.php |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Tarhuna, Wadi Milahah 1919 | Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Iridaceae Vol. (81) 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 |
| 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 |
