| Orobanche mutelii F.W.Schultz , it is a holoparasitic annual, with usually branched stem from the base or below, rarely simple, many flowered with flowers (15-) 18-22 mm long, pale to bright blue or violet. Calyx teeth acuminate, about equalling the tube. Corolla 15·20 (·22) mm, pale to bright blue or violet, with obtuse lobes of lower lip. Anthers mostly glabrous to sparsely pilose at the base. Life Form: Pa, Flowering in: Feb-Mar, Vern:—————-, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Afghanistan, Mauritania, Somalia, SW. Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:662546-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/662546-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000390880, https://www.gbif.org/species/7332361, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/119095/orobanche-mutelii-f-w-schultz, https://www.almerinatura.com/parasitas/orobanche-mutelii.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/OROMUT/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Orobanchemutelii_page.htm#google_vignette, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/OROMUT/ |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| (20,23 km) E. of Tripoli 1967 | Lebtis Magna 1973,1975 | A deep wadi, (15 km) E. Susa, Wadi Derna 1968 Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021 |
| Marmarica Plateau | Fezzan area | |
| Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 | (98 km) from Sebha to Hun, Wadi Soda, (94 km) from Hun 1973 | |
| 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 |
