| Pseudodictamnus hirsutus (Willd.) Salmaki & Siadati // Infraspecifics: Pseudodictamnus hirsutus ssp. hirsutus / Heterotypic Synonyms: Ballota hirsuta Benth., it is a suffrutescent perennial up to 50-75 (100) cm tall. Stems hirsute with glandular and eglandular simple and stellate hairs intermixed with papillae and glands. Leaves 3-6 x 3-5 cm, chordate or truncate at base, ovate or sub orbicular, crenate, petioles 5-40 mm, Bractcoles 3-8 mm, linear-subulate to oblanceolate, membranous. Verticils many flowered. Calyx 10-12 mm, campanulate, limb 8-10 mm in diameter, irregularly dentate, lobes 10 or more, up 102 mm, triangular-acuminate, sometimes dentate, mucronulate. Corolla 14-16 mm, purple or while, densely hairy outside. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-Jul, Vern:—————–, Phytochoria: MED+SA, The native range of this species is W. Medit to Central Sahara. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77191007-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/77191007-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001427322, https://www.gbif.org/species/10805098, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/241742/pseudodictamnus-hirsutus-willd-salmaki-siadati, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/pseudodictamnus-hirsutus, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/lamiaceae/pseudodictamnus-hirsutus |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Marmarica Plateau |
| Gebel Nefoussa. at Ain Zarga 1970 Gebel Nefousa 1971 Rumia, Omeramel, Cabaw, Turmisa (near Jado) 1974 Gherian 1975 Bugheilan 1976 (74 km) from Tripoli. (15 km) before Gharian 1977 Gharian (Gettes area) Wadi Louti, mountainous 1978 | From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 |
| 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 |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
