| Mentha longifolia (L.) L., Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds., it is a perennial herb up to 40-60 (-90) cm tall. Musky scented. Stem erect white or grey villous, sparsely hairy, simple or branched above. Leaves, 30-90 x 15-30 (-40) mm, sessile or sub sessile, smooth or slightly rugose near the base, often oblong-elliptic or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, irregularly serrate, green and hairy above, grey – or white tomentose beneath with simple hairs, verticils many, usually congested forming a terminal often branched spike 3-10 cm x 10-15 mm. Bract small. Calyx (1-) 1.5-3 mm, narrowly campanulate, base hairy teeth sub equal. Pedicels hairy. Corolla lilac or white hairy on outside. Stamens usually exserted. fertile anthers 0.28-0.38 mm. Nutlets 0.54 – 0.79 mm. Life Form: H, Flowering in: May-Jul, Vern: Tinhart, Phytochoria: S.Cosm, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Temp. Eurasia to S. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450735-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/450735-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000240918, https://www.gbif.org/species/7510173, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/117478/mentha-longifolia-l-l, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/mentha/longifolia/, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/lamiaceae/mentha-longifolia, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/108103/tab/fiche, https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/mentha-longifolia-1.html |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Sirte Plains | Cyrenaica | Al-Jufra area |
| Sirte 2015 | Rported from S. Cyrenaica, by Corti and Keith | El Jofra 1978 |
| Fezzan area | Ghat area | Tibesti area |
| Rported from Fezzan, by Corti and Keith Fezzan | Rported from Ghat by Corti and Keith | Rported from Tibesti by Corti and Keith |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Lamiaceae Vol. (118) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| 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 |
