| Teucrium compactum Clemente ex Lag., it is a shrublet up to 20-40 cm, much branched, procumbent or ascending. Leaves sessile or sub sessile, broadly lanceolate or oblong, crenate except the cuneate base. Inflorescence somewhat densely spicate. Flowers sessile, solitary or in pairs. Bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, entire usually as long as the calyx. Calyx inflated, ± campanulate, 8-9 x 4-5 mm, glandular villose, strongly veined, teeth c. 1/3 as long as the tube, triangular, acuminate. Corolla c. 12 mm long, yellowish white, tube included in the calyx. Seeds, 0.5-0.7 x 0.4-0.5 mm, black or brown, ornamented. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern: Jaada, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is SE. Spain, N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460334-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/460334-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000322018, https://www.gbif.org/species/7308613, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145034/teucrium-compactum-lag, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/teucrium-compactum, http://www.floraprotegida.es/flora-vulnerable.php/Teucrium-compactum-115/, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Teucrium%20compactum |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Jabal Nafusa |
| Gargaresh 1952 | Wadi Malah, (10 km) from Nalut, Gharian 1972 (35 km) S. of Nalut 1974 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Wadi Nesma region 2009 |
| 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 |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| Bahri, N.M. (2009) Study of the vegetation covers of Wadi Nesma region, northwest of Libya. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, College of Science, Sebha University, Libya. (In Arabic) |
