| Globularia arabica Jaub. & Spach, it is a woody shrub, 30-40 cm tall, young branches and leaves covered with minute calcareous dots. Leaves alternate, in older branches sometimes clustered at nodes obovate, obovate lanceolate, spathulate, up to 21 mm x 8 mm, entire, mucronate, sometimes slightly lobed, glabrous. Heads terminal, bracts imbricate, ovate, and entire, 4.5-5.5 x 1.5 mm acuminate, covered with white spreading hairs. Calyx c. 5 mm long with linear lobes, pilose with white spreading hairs; tube c. 1 mm long. Corolla c. 7-8 mm long; outer lip 3 lobed, inner lip bilobed, ± similar as in Globularia alypum L., Stamens 4, almost of the same size. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Oct-Apr, Vern: Zariga, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is N. Africa to Lebanon and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant, endangered Plant in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813054-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/813054-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000703796, https://www.gbif.org/species/5578452, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/12104/globularia-arabica-jaub-spach, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/55509.html, http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=8483 |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Wadi Malah. c. 10 km from Nalut 1972 Near Ragrag Tejween, Gebel Nefousa 1970 | El-Gefar presso Bomba 1934 Wadi Derna. 1939 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Derna 2017 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 | Micsa Tobruk, 1883 Tobruk, 1912 Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Umm er-Rzcm 1933 Tobruk 1933 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008 |
| Al-Qibla area | ||
| Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | ||
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1976) Flora of Libya, Globulariaceae Vol. (4) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| 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 |
| El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Ab-Aziza, F.B., El–Barasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-Jabal. Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil | Vegetation Wadi Derna 2017 |
| El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSI Publications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://bit.ly/3VtCvAA, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf | Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf 2014 |
| Bahri, N.M. (2009) Study of the vegetation covers of Wadi Nesma region, northwest of Libya. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, College of Science, Sebha University, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Barrani, M. W. (2008) A study of environmental degradation factors in the semi-desert Dafna region-Libya. Master Thesis-Department of Science and environmental engineering-Postgraduate Academy Benghazi branch. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic) | |
| Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis 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) |
