| Drimia purpurascens J.Jacq. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Drimia undata Stearn, Urginea undulata (Desf.) Steinh., it is a bulbous geophyte, floriferous panicle scape, about 30 cm tall, the long old pink petals with brown axial veining, like other squills, the leaves dry up during the summer., Life Form: G, Flowering in: Aug-Oct., Vern: —–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is NE. Spain to Central Medit., Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534556-1, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/109915.html, https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Drimia-purpurascens-a-Leaves-c-flowers-with-short-pedicels-e-capsules-on-short_fig5_342257610, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drimia_purpurascens |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains | Benghazi Plain |
| Reported from Leptis Magna by Durand & Barratte | Sirte 2015, 2016 | Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Liliaceae Vol. (57) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf | Surt region in Libya 2016 |
| Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf | Plant Cover at Surt Region 2015 |
