| Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Perr., it is a perennial herb to semi-shrub, reaching a height of 40–100(–150) cm, branches covered by grey-white. The leaves are petiolate, lanceolate to broadly ovate, 1–8(–10) cm long, heart-shaped at the base, almost entire or serrate to toothed. Stipules are filiform, 3–5 mm long. Flowers grow singly on peduncles up to 5 cm long from leaf axils, calyx 4–6 mm long, petals lanceolate to ovate, pointed, hairy, corolla averages 9–12 mm, petals ovate, 5–7 mm long , yellow. Stamen column is very short, hairy. The fruit is fleshy, 7–10 mm long, there are 8–10 broods, they are pointed at the top. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Jan-May, Vern:————–, Phytochoria: Pal , The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa to NW. India, Arizona to Arkansas and Mexico. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326450-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/326450-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000511912, https://www.gbif.org/species/3152629, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/81995/abutilon-fruticosum-guill-perr, https://www.floraofqatar.com/abutilon_fruticosum.htm, https://botany.cz/cs/abutilon-fruticosum/, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ABUFRU/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/47455/images/own/user/2.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abutilon_fruticosum |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jafarah Plain |
| Tripoli 1987 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Mokasabi, F.M. (2017) Studies on the Flora of Libya. Cont ROL, Research article I Botany l Version 1. https://dx.doi.org | Studies on the Flora of Libya 2017 |
