| Neotinea maculata (Desf.) Stearn , it is a tuberous geophyte, glabrous, green or glauscent herb, up to 32 cm. Tubers ovoid or oblong, sub sessile or ± stipitate. Lower leaves oblong or lanceolate, pointed and mucronate, ± attenuate at base, ± undulate, sometimes spoiled. Upper leaves 1-3, reduced and sheathing. Inflorescence densely multi flowered, cylindrical, sub unilateral. Bracts membranaceous, white or purplish. 1-nerved, lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers small, glabrous, white or rose-coloured. Sepals ± coonivent into a hood; median sepal oblong, 1-nerved, shortly and obtusely acuminate, lateral sepals obliquely oval, acuminate. Petals linear, 1-nerved, obtuse, free or concrescent, flesh-coloured, with or without dark-purple lines. Labellum oblong, about as long as sepals, flesh-coloured, deeply trifid: lateral lobes linear, filiform, obtuse, shortly divergent; midlobe largely linear-lanceolate, obtuse, truncate and apiculate or shortly bilobed at apex. Spur one-fifth as long as ovary, slender-conical, obtuse. Gynostemium short. Ovary sessile, cylindrical-fusiform, twisted. Capsule oblong, membranaceous, dehiscing by 3 ribs. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern:——————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, NW. Europe to Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:645274-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/645274-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000250465, https://www.gbif.org/species/2812458, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/161145/neotinea-maculata-desf-stearn, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3015.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_neotineamaculata.php, https://botany.cz/cs/neotinea-maculata/ |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 | Near Wadi El-Kauf 1939 Wadi El-Gila, (6km) from Ras El-Hilal 1983 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Orchidaceae Vol. (119) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Raheel, RO. M., El-Borasi, Y. M., El-Barrani, M. W., El-Hassi, S. (2016) Study of Flora and vegetation cover of the semi-desert area between Salouq and Al-Abyar-the first high of Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya, Fourth Scientific Conference for Environment and Sustainable Development In dry and semi-arid areas. Ajdabia. Libya. (In Arabic) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | between Salouq and Al-Abyar 2016 |
