| Teucrium brevifolium Schreb., it is a subshrub, similar to Teucrium fruticans L. but not more than 60 cm long, much branched: twig adpressed canescent green or brown. Leaves sessile, linear-oblong, 6-8 x 3 mm, obtuse, revolute-margined, and greyish-tomentose on both sides. Flowers axillary, opposite, in short terminal racemes. Calyx campanulatem unequally, 5-toothed, c. 6 mm long, puberulent. Corolla c. 10 mm long, pale mauve with purple veins. Anthers purplish. Fruit obovoid 2.5 x 1.5 mm, pale brown, reticulate punerulus. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: MED, The native range of this species is S. & E. Medit. Vern: Jaada, Phytochoria: MED, Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460278-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/460278-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000321909, https://www.gbif.org/species/3898255, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145009/teucrium-brevifolium-schreb, http://www.tilo-botanica.eu/espece-t-z/teucrium-brevifolium.html, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/67574.html |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Al-Bakur near Tocra 1968 Tocra, Ras El-Hilal 1978 Near Derna, (47 km) W. of Baida 1980 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Lathroun, Ras El-Hellal 2016 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 |
| 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 |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
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| Marzouk, R.I. & El-Badan, G.E. (2018) Molecular Characterization of Teucrium L. (Lamiaceae) as a Prerequisite for its Conservation. Asian J. Biol. Sci., 11 (1): 16-23, 2018. https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ajbs.2018.16.23 | Molecular Characterization of Teucrium L. 2018 |
| Marzouk, R.I., EL-Darier, S.M., Askar, A.M. (2017) Pollen Morphology of Teucrium L. (Lamiaceae, Ajugoideae) in Libya. Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 24(2): 219-226, 2017 (December). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ream-Marzouk, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Salama-El-Darier |
Pollen morphology of Teucrium L. 2017 |
| Marzouk, R.I., EL-Darier, S.M., Askar, A.M. (2016) Nutlet micromorphological characters of Teucrium taxa (Lamiaceae) in Libya. Phytotaxa 263 (3): 245-254. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.263.3.5 | Nutlet micromorphological characters of Teucrium taxa 2016_compressed |
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| Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief | Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2013 |
| 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) | |
| EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
