| Serapias lingua L., it is a tuberous geophyte, perennial, up to 15-35 cm, glabrous, fairly slender, with globose or ovoid tubercles, one sessile, the other peduncle. Leaves lanceolate, not spotted, Flowers light red, medium, 2-6 in short, loose spike; bracts barely matching or slightly exceeding the flowers, Labellum almost twice as long as the divisions of the perianth, provided at the base with a single shiny blackish callus; tongue distant from the ovary, narrower than the lateral lobes combined, ovate-acuminate or lanceolate, light red, glabrous or glabrescent above. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar-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:657644-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/657644-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000309419, https://www.gbif.org/species/5314814, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/161426/serapias-lingua-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1278.html, https://botany.cz/en/serapias-lingua/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_serapiaslingua.php |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jafarah Plain |
| Reported from Tripoli (Ain Zara0 by Kieth |
| 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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