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Heliotropium bacciferum Forssk. // Infraspecifics: Heliotropium bacciferum ssp.  bacciferum /  Heterotypic Synonyms: Heliotropium undulatum Vahl, Perennial, decumbent or procumbent with a woody base, short and stout up to 15 mm thick at base. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 5-55 x 2-16 mm, , Life Form: Ch ,   Flowering in: Nov- Mar,   Vern: Ramram  ,   Phytochoria: SA+SZ+IT ,   Notes: Wild in Libya in sandy stony soil, medicinal plant.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116685-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000718409, https://www.gbif.org/species/7295525https://flora.org.il/en/plants/helbac/,  http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250069117, https://eol.org/pages/2884453, https://jmp.ir/article-1-878-en.html,    https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Heliotropium+ramosissimum&redir=Heliotropium+bacciferum

 

Distribution in Libya
Zliten-Misurata Plain Sirte Plains Benghazi Plain
Misurata 1977  Kaam area 2005 Misurata (Sassu Valley) 2016 (91 km) W. of Bugrain, Tawargha 1977 (15 km) before Ras Lanuf 1978 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021
Jabal Nafusa Al-Jabal Al-Akhder Marmarica Plateau
Shakshuk 1972 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 (255 km) from Tobruk to Al-Jaghbub, 1975  Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002
Al-Qibla area Al-Jufra area Ghat area 
Wadi Nesma region 2009 Wadi Soda (98,100 km) from Hun, Wadi Atiq, (150 km) from Wegha 1973 (52 km) from Bugrain to Hun, (7 km) from Hun to Sebha, (31,43 km) from Weshka, (87,149 km) from Bu-Njim  1975  EL-Jufra 2018 Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012
Jabal Al-Uwinat
Gebel Uweinat 1968 Jabal Al-Uweinat region 2008

 

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First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1979) Flora of Libya, Boraginaceae Vol. (68) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
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Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic)  
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