| Orobanche schultzii Mutel, it is a holoparasite, a rather robust, glandular-pubescent plant, 10-60 cm tall, simple or weakly branched from the middle; stem up to 10 (-14) mm thick, ± swollen at base. Scales 5-10 mm long, ovate to lanceolate, numerous. Spikes up to 7 x 4 cm, dense above, often lax below; bracts 8-12 mm, lanceolate; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, slightly shorter than the calyx. Flowers mostly shortly pediculate. Calyx 8-12 mm long; teeth 2-3 times as long as the tube, linear-lanceolate with subulate apex. Corolla 16-21 mm, glandular hairy, erect, straight, tubular to narrowly campanulate, whitish at base, blue to violet above; lobes of lower lip elliptic, acute to acuminate. Stamen filaments glabrous or sub glabrous, inserted 4-5 mm above base of corolla; anthers hairy; stigma white. Capsules 7-8 mm. Life Form: Pa, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED+IT , The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to NE. Afghanistan. Notes: Wild in Libya, parasitic on Centaurea dimorphotica
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:662687-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/662687-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000387705, https://www.gbif.org/species/3731049, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/119098/orobanche-schultzii-mutel, https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000806964, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Orobanche_schultzii |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Sirte Plains | Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| (3 km) W. of Sirte 1974 (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 | Zweitina area (Sandy beach) 2016 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Soloq (Beir Bullerjam) 2022 | Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021 |
| 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 |
| Omar, N., Adrees, A., Alhursh, A., Shuayb, M., Alajeeli, O., Alzerbi, A.K. (2022) Identification of the Most Important Weed Species in A Barley Crops in Beir Bullerjam Region-Soloq, Libya. Scientific Journal for the Faculty of Science-Sirte University Vol. 2, No. 1 April (2022) 15-22. http://journal.su.edu.ly/index.php/JSFSU/article/view/206, http://journal.su.edu.ly/index.php/JSFSU/issue/view/21 | Beir Bullerjam Region – Soloq, Libya 2022 |
| 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 |
| Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). https://bit.ly/41TInWw, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf | Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya 2021 |
| Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://bit.ly/3Vm38ro, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar | Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya 2020 |
| Omar, N., Alai, M.A. & Al-Zerbi, A.K. (2020) A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Farms of GMR Agricultural Project in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Sciences, Vol: 11, No: 1, P: 29-38, August. 2020. https://bit.ly/40Und9s, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar, https://ljbs.omu.edu.ly/vol11no1august-2020/ | Weed Species of Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 |
| 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 |
| Al-Aib, M. A. and El-Shakhy, N. O. (2008) Weed flora of great man made river agriculture project (sirte). Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development, Vol.102, Issue 3: 241-25. https://bit.ly/3njkLeH, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib |
