| Gagea fibrosa (Desf.) Schult. & Schult.f., it is a bulbous geophyte plant, bulb tunicate usually enveloped in the root system, tunics coriaceous, basal leaves 1-2, longer than inflorescence, narrow, linear ± canaliculate c. 10 cm long, glilbrous to pubescent, braets leafy, linear-acuminate. Scape very short, 1-2 cm long; inflorescence, umbelled-corymb, 1-3-flowered, pedicels hairy, varying in length, 0.7-4 cm long. Perianth segments narrow-lanceolate, 2-3 cm long, yellow inside, pubescent, green with yellow margins outside. Stemens 1/ 2-2/3 as long as tepels, filaments filiform, with yellow anthers. Ovary elongate, style as long as to slightly longer than stamens with capitate, obscurely trilobed stigma. Capsule ovoid oblong 1-1.5 cm long. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Feb-Mar, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535515-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/535515-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000768460, https://www.gbif.org/species/5299926, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160937/gagea-fibrosa-desf-schult-schult-f, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/16694.html, https://www.pharmanatur.com/Bota/Gagea%20fibrosa.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains | Benghazi Plain |
| Kaam area 2005 | Bugrain, Presso Marsa El-Braga 1934 | Benghazi 1916 |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | |
| Tarhuna, Abiar Migi, and Ras Ghenai 1919 Misallata, Hafs area, (8 km) S. of Gussbat 1978 Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 | El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 | |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Liliaceae Vol. (57) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
| Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, 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 |
