| Malva unguiculata (Desf.) Alef. / Heterotypic Synonyms: Lavatera bryoniifolia Mill., it is a woody perennial plant, up to 3 m tall, stem much branched, young branches stellate tomcntose. Petiole up to 3 cm long, lamina 5-lobed, up to 7 cm long, lamina of the upper leaves hastate, all crenate, indumentum dense, hairs stellate. Flowers mostly one rarely 2, in the leaf axil. Pedicel 3-10 mm long, densely stellate-hairy. Epicalyx cup-like, 8-10 mm long, densely stellate-hairy, invaginated at the point of insertion of the pedicel, segments very abruptly acuminate. Calyx 13-15 mm long, densely hairy, teeth acuminate. Petals 20-25 mm long, pink or pink-violet. Meriearps muricate, not rugose. Life Form: Ph, Flowering in: May-Jun, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: MED, Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561966-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/561966-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000449570, https://www.gbif.org/species/3940276, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/226330/malva-unguiculata-desf-alef, https://savvastryfonosplants.com/malva-unguiculata/, https://www.plantarium.ru/page/view/item/84364.html |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Tarhuna (Wlaad Hammad) 2018 | Fra Barce e el-Garib, Fra el-Garib e Tolmeta, U. el-Fahaga 1933 Wadi Al-Athrun 1934 Wadi El-Kauf 1937 Abu Dher, (24 km) from Baida 1972 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 |
| 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 |
| Mahklouf, M.H. Sherif, A.S, Betelmal, A. G. (2018) Floristic Study for Tarhuna-Libya. Hacettepe J. Biol. & Chem, 2018, 46 (3), 337-364. https://bit.ly/3p26EuO, http://www.hjbc.hacettepe.edu.tr/journal/volume-46/issue-3/floristic-study-for-tarhuna-libya/index.html | Floristic Study for Tarhuna 2018 |
| El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126, http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf | Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar 2015 |
| 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,2014DOI: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 |
| 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) | |
| PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. – : 317 — under: Lavatera unguiculata Desf. https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica |
