| Malva nicaeensis All., it is an annual or biennial herb. Stem erect or ascending, strigosdy hairy with simple hairs. Stipules c. 3 mm long, hairy on the margin. Petiole up to 4 cm long, lamina sub orbicular, often 3-5-lobed, crenate, up to 2.5 x 3 cm, glabrous to hairy above, sparsely hairy below. Epicalyx c. 3 mm long. Calyx 1.5-4 mm long, pubescent, teeth broadly triangular, c .2 mm long, enlarging in fruit. Petals 8-I2 mm long, white, violet to lilac-pink. Mericarps hairy or glabrous, reticulate, adjacent margins smooth. Life Form: Th , Flowering in: Apr-Jun, Vern: Khobaiz, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Azores, Medit. to Pakistan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561798-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/561798-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000449449, https://www.gbif.org/species/3152367, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/81826/malva-nicaeensis-all, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Malvanicaeensis_page.htm, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/2896.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_malvanicaeen.php, https://www.maltawildplants.com/MALV/Malva_nicaeensis.php, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=3103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malva_nicaeensis |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Benghazi 1883 | Zawia-tul-Qasur, between El-Marj and Taknes, Al-Baida, (55 km) from Al-Baida to Al-Merj, Susa 1972 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Malvaceae Vol. (10) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| 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) |
