| Sideritis montana L., it is an erect wooly annual, up to 30 cm. Leaves 5-15 x 2-5 mm, oblong-lanceolate, remotly dentate above, Verticils, 6-flowered, approximared. Bracts oblong, spiny, mucronate, longer than the calyx. Calyx-tube 5-7 mm, teeth 3-4 mm, oblong, ovate spiny, mucronate or aristat, the arista c. 2 mm long. Corolla yellow, turning brownish, limb short, exsreted, slightly longer than calyx. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:—————-, Phytochoria: MED+ES+IT, The native range of this species is Medit. to Xinjiang and W. Himalaya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459012-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/459012-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000310289, https://www.gbif.org/species/2926688, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/144862/sideritis-montana-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/4225.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_sideritismontana.php, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/sideritis/montana/, https://agroatlas.ru/en/content/weeds/Sideritis_montana/index.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_sideritisrom.php |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Reported from Aiziza above Aboghilan by Pampanini and Keith | Reported from Aiziza above Aboghilan by Pampanini and Keith Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Lamiaceae Vol. (118) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| 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 |
| Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic) |
