| Plantago major L., it is a perennial acaulesccnt herb up to 60 cm tall. Leaves usually in one or few rosettes, with long sheathing petiole (1.5-) 5-15 (-30) x (1-) 4-6 (-16) cm, ovate 10 ovate- oblong, entire or sinuately dentate, 3 to 7-veined, glabrous apex obtuse. Scape as long as or exceeding the leaves, apprcssed hairy; spikes linear cylindrical, 5-50 (-60) cm long, dense. Bracts 1-2 mm, ovate, concave, carinate. Sepals 1.5-2.5 mm, glabrous, green, narrow scarious argined. Corolla; tubc c. 2 mm, glabrous, lobes c. 1 mm, ovate, sub obtuse. Stamens 2-3 mm long, exscrted. Capsule ovoid, 2-2.5 mm. Seeds (4-) 6-34, 1-1.6 mm, ellipsoid or ellipsoid-trigonous, rugose. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Mar-Sep, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Temp. Eurasia to Arabian Peninsula, Macaronesia, N. & S. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya, common near water, medicinal plant.
For more information:https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321286-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/321286-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000486544, https://www.gbif.org/species/3189767, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/115127/plantago-major-l, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/plantago/major/, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/875.html, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Plantagomajor_page.htm, https://seedidguide.idseed.org/fact_sheets/plantago-major-l/, https://biodiversitycyprus.blogspot.com/2015/07/plantago-major-l.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago_major |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Sirte Plains | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| E. of Tripoli on way to Tajura Arada road 1978 | Sirte 2015, 2016 | Reported from Shahat, Maatan Borghu, Derna by Kieth Wadi El-Kauf 2014 Ain Mara 2020 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1979) Flora of Libya, Plantaginaceae Vol. (67) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Traboulsi, M. & Alaib, M.A. (2021) A Survey of medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. NAT. CROAT, VOL. 30. No 2. (389-404), ZAGREB. December 31, 2021. https://hrcak.srce.hr/269442 / https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/390805 | Medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 |
| Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. (In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2 | Vegetation Cover of Ain Mara 2020 |
| Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf | Surt region in Libya 2016 |
| Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf | Plant Cover at Surt Region 2015 |
| 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 |
