| Lythrum hyssopifolia L., it is an annual herb, 10 to 40 cm high, erect or ascending, glabrous. Leaves oblong or lanceolate-linear slightly enlarged in the middle, barely narrowed at the base, entire, most alternate. Flowers pink, small, solitary in the axils of almost all leaves. Scarious bracts, very small, much shorter than the calyx. Calyx with 8 to 12 teeth, the outer ones elongated, linear, acute. Corolla with 5 to 6 petals with a small white tab, extending beyond the calyx. Stamens (1-) 2-6 (-8), included. Capsules enclosed within the hypanthium, dark brown. Seeds ovoid. c. 0.8 x 0.6 mm, shortly winged at one end, rugulose. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: May-Sept , Vern:————–, Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Europe to Central Asia and Iran, N. Africa to Sahel and Arabian Peninsula, Australia. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147982-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/147982-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000366897, https://www.gbif.org/species/3188747, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/109217/lythrum-hyssopifolia-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/708.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lythissop.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_lythissop.php, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/107106/tab/fiche, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/lythrum/hyssopifolia/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Ghat area |
| Reported from Tripoli by Durand & Barratte | Reported from Derna by Pampanini | Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Lythraceae Vol. (105) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A.(2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://bit.ly/42hptsN, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 | plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya 2012 |
| Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) |
