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Euploca ovalifolia (Forssk.) Diane & Hilger

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Euploca ovalifolia (Forssk.) Diane & Hilger / Homotypic Synonyms:  Heliotropium ovalifolium Forssk., It is an annual or subshrub up to 40 cm tall, branched. Leaves petiolate, greyish-white with dense hairs; petiole 5-10 mm long., Life Form: Th ,   Flowering in: —–,   Vern: —– ,   Phytochoria: Tro. , The native range of this species is Türkiye to Egypt, Dry Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China, Lesser Sunda Islands, Solomon Islands.    Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60430581-2,  https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000718803, https://www.gbif.org/species/4062375,  https://identify.plantnet.org/k-world-flora/species/Euploca%20ovalifolia%20(Forssk.)%20Diane%20%26%20Hilger/data, http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=10972https://botany.cz/cs/heliotropium-ovalifolium/

 

Distribution in Libya
Tripolitani
Reported from Tripolitania by Keith

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1979) Flora of Libya, Boraginaceae Vol. (68) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: pdf files
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