| Satureja thymbra L., it is a shrublets up to 20-25 cm tall, very aromatic, with many grey puberulent tortuosus, branches. Leaves 8-20 x 2-5 mm. oblong to obovate, cuneate, conduplicate, acuminate, and sessile. Verticils many-flowered, sessile, globose, dense forming an interrupted spike or thyrsus, bracts ± as long as the verticils, bracteoles many oblong or lanceolate, ± equal to calyx. Calyx 5-8 mm, long patent hairy, the teeth slightly shorter than tube, lanceolate to subulate, acuminate. Corolla 8-12 mm long, purplish red or bright-pink. Nutlets oblong c. 2.5 s 1.5 mm. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Apr-Aug, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is S. Sardegna to E. Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant, Endangered Plant in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:457833-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/457833-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000304557, https://www.gbif.org/species/3902859, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/144695/satureja-thymbra-l, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Saturejathymbra_page.htm, https://botany.cz/cs/satureja-thymbra/, https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/5/1041, https://www.phrygana.eu/Flora/Lamiaceae/Satureja-thymbra/Satureja-thymbra.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satureja_thymbra |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi El-Kauf 1933 Wadi El–Teir, (24 km) W. of Derna 1967 Wadi Derna 1968 Between Shahat and Susa 1970 (4 km) from Shahat motel, (5km) from Shahat on way to Susa, (20 km) E. of Baida on way to Derna 1978 Wadi El-Kauf 1967,1978,1980 Wadi Mahbool, (25 km) E. Ras El-Hilal, WAdi Qalaa 1980 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 Shahat 2011 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Tocra-Wadi El-Agar, Wadi El-Gharega 2016 Wadi Jarjar-Omma 2017 Ain Mara 2020 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 Al-Mansura to Settia 2021 |
| 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 |
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