| Antirrhinum siculum Mill., it is a perennial herb, glabrous except for glandular-pubescent inflorescence. Stems 20-60 cm, erect, freely branched, often with many of the branches represented by short, axillary tufts of leaves. Leaves usually linear to linear-lanceolate, 20-60 x 2-6 mm, opposite below, alternate above. Lower bracts transitional to foliage-leaves, the upper c. 5 mm, about equalling pedicels. Flowers smaller, (20-25 mm), yellowish. Calyx-lobes 5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute. Corolla 17-25 mm, pale yellow, rarely veined with red. Capsule 10-12 mm, ovoid, glandular-pubescent. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-Jun, Vern:—————-, Phytochoria: MED , The native range of this species is SW. Italy, Sicilia, Malta. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:799292-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/799292-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000539583, https://www.gbif.org/species/7740323, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/150257/antirrhinum-siculum-mill, https://www.maltawildplants.com/PLNT/Antirrhinum_siculum.php, https://botany.cz/cs/antirrhinum-siculum/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Antirrhinumsiculum_page.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Misurata 2006 | Ain Al-Dabusia 1979 Wadi Mahbool 1980 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wadi El-Kauf 2014 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Al-Dana, S. M. M. (2006) Taxonomic study of wild flower plants in some areas of Misrata. Master Thesis, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Misurata University (7 October previously) Misurata, Libya. (In Arabic) |
