| Iris planifolia (Mill.) T.Durand & Schinz , it is a perennial, glabrous herb with ovoid bulbs, 1.5-8 cm across and ± napiform tuberous root clusters. Scape very short. Leaves all basal, usually 6, linear to linear-lanceolate. 15-35 x 0.5-3 cm. folded longitudinally with ± eanilaginous, scabridulous to papillate, margin. Spathe lance-shaped, 7-20 cm long. Flowers 1-2 in a membranous spathe, scented, violet or lilac, 4 cm long. Perianth segments undulate., the outer oblong, cuneate with the upper c. V4 re flexed on a short calw. Stamens 3, filaments filiform, as long as to slightly longer than anthers. Anthers linear 0.8-2.2 cm long. Stigma petaloid, erect, 2-6 cm long. Capsule sub trigonous, narrowed, with rounded base, 2.5-4.5 x 1-1.5 cm. Seeds brownred, obovoid-subglobular, 5-6 mm long. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Oct-Feb, Vern:——————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111116-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/77111116-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000783727, https://www.gbif.org/species/7525044, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160654/iris-planifolia-mill-t-durand-schinz, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_irisplanifolia.php, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/iridaceae/iris-planifolia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_planifolia |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Benghazi Plain |
| Reported from Tripoli by Durand & Barratte Sabratah 1979 | Kaam area 2005 | Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte Benghazi 1961 |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | |
| Reported from Gharian by Durand & Barratte Tarhuna 1919 Gussbat, Gurmat area 1978 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 | Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 | |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Iridaceae Vol. (81) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
| El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSI Publications,2014 DOI: 10.5829/idosi. aejaes. 2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
| Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed |
