| Stachys tournefortii Poir., it is a perennial plant up to 30-100 cm tall, densely covered with white lanate-tomentose, eglandular hairs. Leaves densely white-tomentose, 2.5-9.0 x 0.5-4 cm, ovate-oblong or ovate, cordate at base, petiole 1.5-6.5. cm long. Upper bracts shorter than flowers, bracteoles lanceolate, densely hairy. Calyx6-12 mm, densely eglandular hairy, teeth equal, c, 1/3 as long as tube. Corolla pink-purplish 15-20 mm with upper lip, hairy on outside. Nutlets obovoid, smooth, 2.4 x 1.8 mm, Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Apr-Jul, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: Near-endemic, The native range of this species is Kriti, Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460051-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/460051-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000314699, https://www.gbif.org/species/8388805, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/144979/stachys-tournefortii-poir |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Gebel Akhder, (19,25 km) S.E. Derna 1968 Wadi Derna 1970 Messa, (5 km) from Baida,(16 km) from Lagrag (30 km) from Lamluda, (87 km) from Baida 1972 Shahat 1970, 1978, 1979 (15 km) from Baida, (20 km) E. of Baida on way to Derna, Ras El-Hilal, Gasr Libya 1978 (9 km) from Baida on way to Shahat, Susa, (13 km) from Ras El-Hilal to Gubba 1979 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 El-Bakur 2007 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wadi El-Akar, Wadi Algharega, Wadi El-Kouf 2011 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Derisia (Talmeta) 2016 Wadi Derna 2017 Ain Mara 2020 |
| 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 |
| Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. (In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2 | Vegetation Cover of Ain Mara 2020 |
| 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 |
| Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust,L. and AlBorki, A. (2016) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 741–761. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-016-0345-8, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2 | |
| El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126. http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf | Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI 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 |
| Hegazyi, A.K., Boulos, L., Kabiel, H.F. and Sharashy, O.S. (2011) Vegetaion and species altitudinal distribution in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar landscape, Libya. Pak. J. Bot., 43(4): 1885-1898, 2011. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2 | Vegetaion in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar landscape 2011 |
| 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) | |
| Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout | Vegetation an elevation in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2003 |
