| Linaria simplex Desf., it is a slender, glaucescent annual, glabrous except for the glandular hairy inflorescence, (7-) 10-30 cm. Stem 1-several, simple or branched with small, sterile shoots. Leaves linear, linear-lanceolate, those of sterile shoots whorled and of flowering shoots whorled below and alternate above, 10-20 x 1-2 mm. Raceme capitate at flowering, becoming elongated in fruit. Bracts linear, much longer than the pedicel; pedicel 1-2 mm long, glandular pubescent, elongated in fruit. Calyx lobes linear-spathulate, 3-4 mm, glandular hairy. Corolla bright yellow, 6-8 mm long, including spur, upper lip violet veined; spur 2-3 mm, slender conical, ± straight. Capsule subglobose, 4-6 mm long, somewhat longer than the calyx lobes. Seeds discoid, 1.5-1.8 (-2) mm with a membranous margin; disc tuberculate or smooth, black. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: MED+IT, The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to Central Asia and NW. Pakistan, Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804958-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/804958-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000446930, https://www.gbif.org/species/8133383, https://botany.cz/cs/linaria-simplex/ |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Jabal Nafusa |
| Wadi Al-Atal 1975 | (2 km) from Al-Kaleba 1974 Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020 |
| 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 |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://bit.ly/3VkL3Kh, https://scienceq.org/floristic-study-of-sedrores-mountains-in-gharyan-district-libya.php | Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan 2020 |
| Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
| Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic) |
