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Cistus salviifolius L., it is a shrub to 100 cm. Leaves petiolate; petiole 2–10 mm; blade 1-veined from base, narrowly elliptic, oblong-ovate, or ovate, 10–40 × 6–20 mm. Inflorescences usually solitary flowers, rarely cymes. Flowers: sepals 5; petals white, sometimes yellow near bases.  Life Form: Ch,   Flowering in: Mar-Apr,   Vern: Berbish,   Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is S. Central Europe, Medit. to NW. Iran.  Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168475-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/168475-1,  https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000607577,    https://www.gbif.org/species/2874027,   https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/cistaceae/cistus-salviifolius https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CISSAL/,   https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Rhodes/Cistaceae/Cistus%20salviifolius/Cistus-salviifolius.html,   https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=19516, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Cistussalviifolius_page.htm,   https://www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Cistus_salviifolius.htm,     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistus_salviifolius

 

Distribution in Libya
Benghazi Plain Jabal Nafusa Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 (22 km)W. of Khoms 1967  Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008    Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013   Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 (15 km) S.W. Massah 1967  Wadi El-Kouf, Al Bakur, near Tocra 1968  Shahat to Susa 1970  El-kouf area 1984  Wadi Al-Agar 1999  Wadi Zaza 2003  El-Bakur 2007   Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007   Wadi El-Akar, Wadi Algharega, Al-Marj-Al-Baida motorway, Wadi El-Kouf 2011   Wadi El-Kouf 2014   Between Labrag and Shahat 2014  Wadi Haboon 2015  Wadi Belkaf-Bata 2016   Wadi El Ager, Marawa-Al-Merj 2016   Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019   From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog, From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh, From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019   Ain Mara 2020  Wadi Al-Kouf 2021

 

Bibliographic references:  
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Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Cistaceae Vol. (48) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
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El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic)  
Al-Aib, M.A., Elbakkosh, A.M., Ali, Y.B., Gadelmola, A.S., Elmhafdi, A.M. (2016) Preliminary Investigation of the Vegetation of Wadi Belkaf-Bata Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Science (LJBS) Vol: 4, No: 1, PP: 20-27., 2016. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib Wadi Belkaf- Bata Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2016
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Hegazyi, A.K., Boulos, L., Kabiel, H.F. and Sharashy, O.S. (2011) Vegetaion and species altitudinal distribution in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar landscape, Libya. Pak. J. Bot., 43(4): 1885-1898, 2011. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2 Vegetaion in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar landscape 2011
El-Rabiai, G.T., Al tira, F.M., Lamlom, S.H. (2010) Preliminary Checklist for the Flora of Wadi El Ghattara in Libya. Garyounis University Press Journal of Science and Its Applications Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 39-47, December 2010. http://sc.uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/5c3e5-39-47.pdf Flora of Wadi El Ghattara 2010
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