| Ophrys lutea Cav., it is a tuberous geophyte, erect and glabrous herb. Tubers sub globular or ellipsoidal, shortly stipitate. Stem up to 6-40 cm long. Basal leaves 3-5, forming a rosette, oblong, pointed and apiculale, shortly contracted at the base, 3-9 x 1.2-2.7 cm. Cauline leaves 2-3, sheathing, limb reduced. Inflorescence laxly few-flowered. Bracts spreading-erect, oblong-lanceolate, pale-green, equaling to or shortly bigger than the ovary. Flowers spreading, erect. Speals oval, obtuse, 3-nerved, glabrous, yellowish-green, midlobe erect, laterals ± spreading. Lateral petals spreading, erect, linear, and obtuse or ± truncate, 1-nerved, greenish and finely papillose at the margin. Labellum largely oboval or oboval-sub orbicular, trilobed, midlobe cut into two bright lobes, bluish, glabrous, margin broader, dull-yellow, glabrous, the rest densely villous and brown; lateral lobes shortly and obliquely oval, round at apex, labellum excavated at the base. Gynostemium cylindrical, attaining up to mid-sepal; stigma subreniform; rostellum thick, obtuse. Anther obovate-oblong, yellowish, obtuse, or shortly incurved at apex. Ovary cylindrical, green. Capsule ovate-oblong. twisled. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit. to SW. Türkiye. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:647978-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/647978-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000258087, https://www.gbif.org/species/9226313, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/161215/ophrys-lutea-cav, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3084.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_ophryslutea.php, https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/ophrys-lutea/?lang=en |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jafarah Plain |
| Reported from Tajura by Ashley |
| 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 |
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