Teucrium campanulatum L., it is a perennial sub glabrous herb, 10-30 cm long. Stem decumbent, sparsely hairy above, rooting at the base. Leaves tripartite, the segments pinnatifid, lobes linear or linear-spathulate, dentate. Flowers arranged in 2-4-flowered verticil with leaf-like, bracts, longer than the flowers. Calyx campanulate, ± glabrous, teeth equal to twice as long as the tube, acute or acuminate, spinescent. Corolla c. 5 mm long, whitish, with lower lip exceeding the calyx. Stemens shortly exserted. Life Form: H, Flowering in: May-Aug, Vern: Jaada, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is SW. & E. Spain to SE. Italy, N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460288-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/460288-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000321930, https://www.gbif.org/species/3898108, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145014/teucrium-campanulatum-l, https://cambriasalvatore.wixsite.com/florasicilia2/teucrium-campanulatum-l, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/teucrium-campanulatum, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Teucrium%20campanulatum |
Distribution in Libya | |
Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte. Benghazi Plain (Wadi Errieg) 2016 | Al-Merj area 1976 Wadi Al-Agar 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 |
Marzouk, R.I. & El-Badan, G.E. (2018) Molecular Characterization of Teucrium L. (Lamiaceae) as a Prerequisite for its Conservation. Asian J. Biol. Sci., 11 (1): 16-23, 2018. https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ajbs.2018.16.23 | Molecular Characterization of Teucrium L. 2018 |
Marzouk, R.I., EL-Darier, S.M., Askar, A.M. (2017) Pollen Morphology of Teucrium L. (Lamiaceae, Ajugoideae) in Libya. Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 24(2): 219-226, 2017 (December). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ream-Marzouk | Pollen morphology of Teucrium L. 2017 |
Marzouk, R.I., EL-Darier, S.M., Askar, A.M. (2016) Nutlet micromorphological characters of Teucrium taxa (Lamiaceae) in Libya. Phytotaxa 263 (3): 245-254. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.263.3.5 | Nutlet micromorphological characters of Teucrium taxa 2016_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) |