| Drimia maritima (L.) Stearn / Homotypic Synonyms: Urginea maritima (L.) Baker, it is a bulbous geophyte,this plant grows from a large bulb which can be up to 20 cm, wide and weigh 1 kg . Several bulbs may grow in a clump and are usually just beneath the surface of the soil, in the spring, each bulb produces a rosette of about ten leaves each up to a meter long., Life Form: G, Flowering in: July- Oct., Vern: Forain, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Iberian Peninsula to Baleares, NW. Algeria., Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534538-1, http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000766146, https://www.gbif.org/species/2776790, https://arbabajojarama.es/herbario/drimia-maritima-l-stearn-cebolla-albarrana/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drimia_maritima, https://eol.org/pages/1087751, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Drimia_maritima, http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/BULBS/Family/Hyacinthaceae/18244/Drimia_maritima |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Benghazi Plain |
| El-Zawia 2015 Sidi-Omeer 2016 Sabratha region 2020 | Leptus Megna 2004 Kaam area 2005 Misratah 2006, 2008 | Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Wadi Kaam 1971 Tarhuna 1972 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Gasar Akhiar, Ghanima 2016 Msallata (Shaafien) 2017 Tarhuna (Sok-El-Ahed) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake, Main course) 2022 | Al-Merj (Barce plain) 1954 Shahat 1972 El-kouf area 1984 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 El-Bakur 2007 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 S. AL-Marj 2011 Al-Mansora 2013 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi El-Shees 2014 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Between Labrag and Shahat 2014 Wadi Belkaf-Bata 2016 Wadi Al-Agar 2017 Wadi Zaza, Wadi Al-Ager, Wadi Ras Al-Hilal 2017 Wadi Derna 2017 Assdod, Wadi Balarid, Wadi Butuma, Al-Tayes, Wadi Al-Aesh, Wadi Kaab 2018 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog, From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh, From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj 2020 Ain Mara 2020 Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008 |
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