| Teucrium decaisnei C.Presl / Homotypic Synonyms: Teucrium pilosum (Decne.) Asch. & Schweinf., it is a viscid shrub up to 20-40 cm, stem green or purple, grey-hirsute, woody below, branches erect, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves sessile, oblong to linear, margin convolute, obtusely pectinate or crenate lobed. Heads large, terminal, globular, 1 cm in diam, dense, solitary or 2-3 in a cluster. Subtending leaves shorter than flower, bracts linear plumose. Clayx glandular, punctate and hirsute, upper 3 teeth triangular-ovate, lower 2 longer and narrow. Corolla white, 1 1/2 as long as the calyx Anthers slightIy exserted. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: May-Jun, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: SA, Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460366-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/460366-1 https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000322066, https://www.gbif.org/species/3897171, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145047/teucrium-decaisnei-c-presl, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/teudec/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Benghazi Plain |
| Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte |
| 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 |
| PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. – : 387 — under: Teucrium sinaicum Boiss. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-redirection |
