| Cistanche violacea (Desf.) Hoffmanns. & Link, it is a holoparasitic, similar to the Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight ex Hook.f., but flowers deep-violet to violet-brown, often with whitish or violaceous corolla tube or flower base and a yellow line in the thront, style and stigma whitish, anther lobes acute. Life Form: Pa, Flowering in: Feb-Apr, Vern: Zanon, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is Mauritania to Syria and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya, parasitic on Chenopods.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:661975-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/661975-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000607125, https://www.gbif.org/species/7889721, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/149355/cistanche-violacea-desf-hoffmanns-link, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Djerba/Cistanche%20violacea/Cistanche-violacea.html, http://atlas-sahara.org/Orobanchaceae/Cistanche%20violacea/Cistanche%20violacea.html?cat=Orobanchaceae |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains Sirte Plains |
| Gudaum 1968 Tripoli coast 1970 Sabrata 2008 | Misurata 2006, 2008 | Gulf of Sirte 1970 Between Bugrain and Bu-njim 1976 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Reported from Benghazi, Ajdabia by Pampanini Msus-Al-Ajramia zone 2004 Zweitina area (Sandy beach) 2016 | (15 km) after Kabao to Mizda 1974 Kabao 1976 | Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021 |
| Marmarica Plateau | Al-Qibla area | Al-Jufra area |
| From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 | Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | (70 km) from Bugrain to Hun 1976 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978 Flora of Libya, Orobanchaceae Vol. (55) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Mokasabi, F. M., Askar, A. M., Hassan, S. A. Al-Darawi, M., Al-Bakoush, A. M. (2021) Preliminary survey of the parasitic plants on wild plants in the Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. A special issue of the Fifth Annual Conference on Theories and Applications of Basic and Life Sciences. (4) September 2021. Faculty f Science-University of Misurata. (In Arabic) https://www.misuratau.edu.ly/journal/sci/paperS.php?id=1642&ed_id=305 | النباتات المتطفلة على النباتات البرية بمنطقة الجبل الاخضر 2021 |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| Daidah AM, Mugassby MF (2016) Study of the vegetation of coastal sand dune in Zwaitina area. Eastern Libya. Proceeding of the Fourth Scientific Conference of Environment and Sustainable Development in the Arid and Semi- Arid Regions (ICESD); 2016 Nov 20–22; Ajdabiya (Libya); p. 857–864 (In Arabic). | الغطاء النباتي بالشاطئ الرملي الزويتينة 2016 |
| Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Baayo, Kh. A. (2008): Floristic composition and Phytochorological Analysis of Misratah area, Libya, Assiut Univ.J. of Botany 37(2), P-P. 33-78 (2008) | |
| El-Yafour, L. A. (2008) Taxonomic study of the vegetation properties of Sabratha city Master Thesis. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawiya University, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Jetlawi A.O.(2004) Study of vegetation and soil seed bank of a range desert zone (Msus-Al-Ajramia), Master of Science Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya (In Arabic) | |
| EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
