| Teucrium fruticans L., it is a perennial, much branched shrub, whitish tomentose, ascending, up to 200 cm long, with quadrangular stem. Leaves sub sessile, lanceolate to ovate, 4-22 x 2-6 mm, entire, flat, dark green, glabrous and glossy above, whitish tomentose beneath. Verticils 2-flowered, bracts leaf-like. Flowers large, pale blue or lilac. Calyx shortly campanulate, c. 7 mm long, whitish tomentose outside, glabrous within. Corolla, 15-25 mm long, with a long lip. Stamens and style long exserted. Fruit obovoid-oblong, pale brown, puberulus, reticulate, 4 x 2 mm. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Feb-Jun , Vern: Jaada, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460416-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/460416-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000322139, https://www.gbif.org/species/2926902, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/145061/teucrium-fruticans-l, https://www.maltawildplants.com/LABT/Teucrium_fruticans.php, https://botany.cz/en/teucrium-fruticans/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Wadi Rumia 1954 Gebel Nafous, Ain Zarga 1970 Gharian, (2 km) before Gharian 1973 Rumia, (15 km) from Yefren, Jado 1974 Yefren 1977 El-Rabtta, El-Assbeh 2016 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 | Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 | Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 |
| 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 |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| 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 |
| El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic) | |
| 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) |
