| Salvia fruticosa Mill., it is a subshrub up to 50-120 mm tall. Stem much branched below with appressed white, glandular tomentum “above and englandular tomentum below. Leaves simple, ± trifold or pinnate, with 1-2 pairs of ovate lateral segments and a large oblong elliptical terminal segment, upper ones ± triangular, auricled at base, petiolate, rugose, englandular, greyish white beneath, green above. Vericils 2-6 flowered. Calyx 5-8 mm, campanulate, toothed, often purple glandular or eglandular hairy. Corolla lilac, pink or rarely white 16-25 mm long. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern: Shahi Derna, Teffah e Shahi, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Central & E. Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456249-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/456249-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000301042, https://www.gbif.org/species/6412283, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/144517/salvia-fruticosa-mill, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/salfru/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Salviafruticosa_page.htm#google_vignette, https://phrygana.eu/Flora/Lamiaceae/Salvia-fruticosa/Salvia-fruticosa.html, https://maltawildplants.com/LABT/Salvia_fruticosa.php, https://biodiversitycyprus.blogspot.com/2016/02/salvia-fruticosa-mill-cyprus.html, https://journals.uob.edu.ly/sjuob/article/view/3932/3062, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_fruticosa, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Rhodes/Lamiaceae/Salvia%20fruticosa/Salvia-fruticosa.html |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Al-Merj, Tolmeata, Derna, Wadi Derna by Keith Shahat ruins, (5 km) from Shahat to Susa 1978 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Belkaf-Bata 2016 Balghara 2017 Wadi Zaza, Wadi Ras El-Hilal 2017 Wadi Derna 2017 |
| 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 |
| Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | Vegetation Wadi Derna 2017 |
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| Abusaief, H.M.A. & Alwishish, F.M. (2017) Survey of endangered plants and description the seeds in some sites at Al-JabalAl-Akhdar of Libya. Curr. Sci. Int., 6 (3): 511-539, 2017 ISSN 2077-4435. http://www.curresweb.com/csi/csi/2017/511-539.pdf | Endangered plants at Al-JabalAl-Akhdar 2017 |
| Mukassabi, T.A., Thomas,P.A., ELMogasapi, A.(2017) Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica, Libya: existence and extinction. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 10/2 (2017) 183-192. https://bit.ly/44GKtLd, https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4064/ | Medicinal plants in Cyrenaica 2017 |
| Al-Aib, M.A., Elbakkosh, A.M., Ali, Y.B., Gadelmola, A.S., Elmhafdi, A.M. (2016) Preliminary Investigation of the Vegetation of Wadi Belkaf-Bata Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Science (LJBS) Vol: 4, No: 1, PP: 20-27., 2016. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib | Wadi Belkaf- Bata Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2016 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
