Ajuga chamaepitys (L.) Schreb., it is a plant, up to 5-20 cm, entirely herbaceous, hairy-bristly, with a strong odor; stems diffuse-ascending, branching and flowering from the base, very leafy; leaves attenuated at the base, with 3 entire linear divaricate segments, the lower ones only entire or trilobed, yellow flowers, axillary, geminate, long exceeded by the leaves; calyx bristly, with somewhat unequal, lanceolate teeth, as long as the tube; corolla with a narrow, barely protruding tube. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Apr-Oct, Vern:———, Phytochoria: MED+IT+ES, The native range of this species is W. & Central Europe, Medit. to Central Asia and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:444546-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/444546-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000933181, https://www.gbif.org/species/2927080, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/143943/ajuga-chamaepitys-l-schreb, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1286.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_buglepin.php, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/ajucha/, https://botany.cz/cs/ajuga-chamaepitys/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajuga_chamaepitys, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Ajuga+chamaepitys |
Distribution in Libya | |
Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake) 2022 | Wadi El-Shees 2014 |
Bibliographic references: | |
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
Almushghub, F., Ahmed, D., Sharaf El-Din, A., Shaltout, k. (2022) Vegetation analysis of Wadi Kaam at northwest Libya. Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences, 9 (2022) 20-37. https://bit.ly/41ReGFx, https://jbesci.org/viewp.php?files=published/9.1.3.pdf&id=213, https://jbesci.org/published/9.1.3.pdf | Wadi Kaam 2022 |
Shaltout ,K, Fawzy,M., Galal T., Awad M., El-Barasi Y., Saeed, B. (2014) Impact of waste water discharge on the plant communities and size structure of Wadi El-Shees, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. FeddesRepertorium2014, 125, 1-13 DOI: 10.1002/fedr.201400023. http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/7a17e-094.pdf | Wadi El-Shees 2014 |