| Ophrys fusca Link / Infraspecific: Ophrys fusca ssp. fusca, Ophrys fusca ssp. iricolor (Desf.) K.Richt. / Homotypic Synonyms: Ophrys fusca var. iricolor (Desf.) Rchb, it is a tuberous geophyte, glabrous erect herb, up to 10-40 cm. Tuber ovate. Leaves oblong, few, forming a rosette, glaucous. Inflorescence few-flowered. Bracts spreading. Sepals clearly green, oval or sub oval or oblong, usually obtuse, glabrous. 3-nerved, the upper one hooded. Petals greenish or yellowish-green, linear-oblong, obtuse, 1-nerved, glabrous, papillose on the margins. Labellum shortly convex, oval-oblong or oboval or cuneate-oblong, trilobed, marked with parallel, glabrous lines, from base to middle, otherwise brownish-velvety or ± violaceous, totally velutinous, lateral lobes oblong, oval, obtuse, midlobe large, emarginate-bilobed. Gynostemium erect; rostellum obtuse; stigma large, concave and subreniform. Anther obovate-oblong, obtuse and sub incurved. Ovary cylindrical. Capsule oblong, not twisted. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Feb-May, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:647906-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/647906-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000257829, https://www.gbif.org/species/2793158, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/161189/ophrys-fusca-link, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3082.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ophryslupercalis.php, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/110395/tab/fiche, http://www.menudanatura.com/2012/04/ophrys-fusca-link.html |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Tarhuna, Wadi Massaba, Ras Bu Tauil 1919 | Wadi Wardama 1939 Ras El-Hilal, Taknis 1958 (25 km) W. Baida 1978 Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003 |
