| Malva setigera K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Althaea hirsuta L., it is an annual, up to 60 cm tall, whole plant hirsute, hairs mostly simple, rarely stellate. Leaves 1-4 x 1.5-4 cm, lower leaves long petioled, cordate-orbicular, crenate or dentate becoming more deeply lobed above, upper leaves almost sessile, palmately 3-5-lobed, and lobes linear, dentate or serrate. Stipules 5-8 mm long, entire, hairy. Flowers solitary, axillary. Epicalyx segments shorter than or nearly as long as the calyx, accrescent. Calyx c. 1.5 cm long, accrescent, hirsute. Petals pink, white or violaceous, c. 1.5 cm long. Mericarps 10-15, glabrous, transversely rugose. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern:–————–, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is E. Central Europe to Medit. and Turkmenistan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561909-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/561909-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000449618, https://www.gbif.org/species/3940638, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/148755/althaea-hirsuta-l, https://maltawildplants.com/MALV/Malva_setigera.php, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/71388/images/own/part/2.html, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/716.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_althaeahirsuta.php, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malva_setigera |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi El-Kauf, H.N. le Houerou?? Wadi El-Kouf 2014 |
| 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-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSI Publications,2014 DOI: 10.5829/idosi. aejaes. 2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
