| Nepeta cyrenaica Quezel & Zaffran, it is an annual herb, up to c. 60 cm tall. erect, dichotomously branched from the base, pubescent stem quadrangular, leafy. Leaves 2.5-3.0 x 1.5-2 cm. oblong-elliptic, chordate at base, sub-acute, lower leaves petiolate, upper ones sub sessile. Inflorescence biparous cymse, lateral flowers sub sessile, middle ones sessile, bractas ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, 15 x 4 mm, bracteoles smaller, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 6-9 mm long, straight, 15-veined, teeth 5, ± equal, c. 4-5 mm long. Corolla pale-blue, 6 mm long, densely pubescent on outside, fringed hairy within. Stamens 4 included. Style glabrous, exserted with 2 simple stigmas. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: Endemic, The native range of this species is NE. Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya, Endemic to Al-Gabal Al-Akhder.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452370-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/452370-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000250894, https://www.gbif.org/species/5610621, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/144334/nepeta-cyrenaica-qu-zel-zaffran, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.bm000797448, https://sciforum.net/manuscripts/13148/slides.pdf, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37387322/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Around El-Abiar 1970 (31 km) from Baida to Al-Merj, Gaser Libya 1978 Gebel Akhder 2009 Gebel Akhder 2015 |
| 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 |
| Essokne, R.S. & Jury, S.L. (2015) Report on a visit to Gebel Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Fl. Medit. 25: 79-85-doi: 10.7320/FlMedit25.079-Version of Record published online on 30 December 2015. http://www.herbmedit.org/flora/FL25_079-086.pdf | Report on a visit to Jebel Akhdar 2015 |
| El-Darier, S.M. & El-Mogaspi, F.M. (2009) Ethno botany and Relative Importance of Some Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar Region (Libya). World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5 (3): 353-360, 2009 ISSN 1817-3047, IDOSI Publications, 2009. https://bit.ly/3ANLWS1, http://www.idosi.org/wjas/wjas5(3)/16.pdf | Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar 2009 |
