| Linaria albifrons (Sm.) Spreng., it is an annual, (5-) 6-15 (-25) cm, glaucescenl with 1-several, simple or branched stem. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, acute-subacute, upper opposite. in lower parts ternate, 10-30 (2-) 3-8 mm. Raceme nearly capitate, few flowered, becoming lax in fruit. Flowers whitish or bluish with a yellow blotch al the throat; bracts linear, 5-7 mm long; pedicel much shorter than the calyx. Calyx lobes linear-oblong, glabrous, obtuse, increasing in fruit. Corolla 6-8 mm long; spur linear, almost straight 2-3 (-4) mm long. Capsule large, oblong, 5-7 mm. glabrous, almost equaling to calyx lobes. Seeds many, minute, obtusely angular, scorbiculate. Life Form: Th, Flowering in:————–, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is Tunisia to W. & S. Iran and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804425-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/804425-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000445679, https://www.gbif.org/species/8068864, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/150478/linaria-albifrons-sibth-sm-spreng, https://www.floraofqatar.com/linaria_albifrons.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Reported from Tripolitania (Tripoli) by Durand & Barratte | Reported from Tripolitania (Mesellata) by Durand & Barratte |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1982) Flora of Libya, Scrophulariaceae Vol. (88) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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