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Teucrium divaricatum Sieber ex Heldr., Dwarf shrub up to 20-40 cm, branched from base, greyish tomentose to villous or green and glabrescent, stems decumbent or ascending, quadrangular, purplish, ending in lax unilateral racemes. Leaves petiolate, petiole shorter than the breadth of the lamina. (5-) 12-25 x (3.5-) 6-15 mm,  ovate, coriaceous, slightly crenate or incised revolute-margined. Verticil 2-6-flowered usually lax, ± second. Calyx ciliolate, equal or slightly longer than the pedicels, 7-8 mm long, tubal, cmpanulate, sub gibbous at base, purplish, teeth lanceolate, ± equal snorter than tube. Corolla pink or purplish, twice as long as calyx tube. Stamens long-exserted.   Life Form: Ch,   Flowering in: Apr-May ,   Vern:———–,   Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is E. Medit.   Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460373-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/460373-1,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000322073,   https://www.gbif.org/species/3897118,    https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145050/teucrium-divaricatum-heldr,   https://botany.cz/cs/teucrium-divaricatum/,     https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/49943.html,    http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Teucriumdivaricatum_page.htm,       https://flora.org.il/en/plants/teudiv/

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Wadi El-Kauf area 1978   Wadi Zaza 2003   Wadi Haboon 2015   

 

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
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-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3qhttp://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003_compressed