| Misopates orontium (L.) Raf.// Infraspecifics: Misopates orontium ssp. orontium, it is an erect, (10-) 20-60 cm tall herb, glabrous to ± hirsute below, glandular pubescent above. Leaves linear-elliptical, entire, ± sessile, somewhat acutish at the tip, 15-45 (-55) x 2-5 (-7) mm, glabrous with somewhat patent hairs at the margin. Inflorescence a terminal, loosely flowered raceme. Bracts foliaceous, smaller than the leaves. Flowers pink with c. 2 mm long pedicel, up to 4 mm in fruit. Calyx 10-17 mm long, linear, very unequal in size, hirsute, shortest c. 10 mm long and the longest up to 14-17 mm long, with spreading hairs. Corolla 10-15 mm long, saccate below, shorter than the longest calyx lobe. Ovary ovoid, covered with dense multi-cellular hairs. Capsule 8-10 mm long, ovoid, gibbous, glandular. hairy. Seeds numerous, black brownish. c. 1 mm long. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Apr-Jul, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: MED+SS+SZ, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to NE. Sudan. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:806149-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/806149-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000451121, https://www.gbif.org/species/3171145, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/150735/misopates-orontium-l-raf, https://maltawildplants.com/PLNT/Misopates_orontium.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_misopatesorontium.php, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/749.html, http://www.phrygana.eu/Flora/Scrophulariaceae/Misopates-orontium/Misopates-orontium.html, https://www.apatita.com/herbario/especie.php?id=Misopates_orontium |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 | Wadi Derna 1967 Ras El-Hilal, Wadi Mahbool 1978 Wadi Zaza 2003 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kauf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi Derna 2017 From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog 2019 | Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 Al-Tamimi 1968 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 |
| 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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| Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief | Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2013 |
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| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003 |
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