| Stachys rosea (Desf.) Boiss., it is a perennial tomentose herb, finely adpressedly canescent. Stem erect, branched, tetragonous, 20-30 cm tall. Leaves not very distant, 12.6-21 x 8.5-10 mm, elliptic oblong, serrate, acute. Flowers sub sessile, axillary. Bracts 2, lanceolate. Calyx dilated, 5-toothed, ovate, acute, equal and blunt. Corolla pale rosy, pubescent, tube equaling the calyx. Upper lip arched obtuse, entire. Lower lip, obtuse, trilobed, middle lobe dilated at apex, lateral retuse, much broader than the lateral ones. Stamens included in the tube. Nullets, obovoid, smooth, 2 x 1.5 mm. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-Jul, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: Endemic, The native range of this species is NE. Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya, endemic in Al-Gabal Al-Akhder area, Endangered Plant in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459921-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/459921-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000314528, https://www.gbif.org/species/7634254, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/144970/stachys-rosea-desf-boiss |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Susa 1934 Wadi El-Hussaien 1967 Wadi El-Kauf 1970 (20 km) after Susa to Baida 1977 Wadi Mahbool 1975, 1980 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Gebel Akhder 2015 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 |
| 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-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 |
| Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic) |
