| Bellardia trixago (L.) All. / Homotypic Synonyms: Bartsia trixago L., it is a hemiparasitic annual herb, erect, 15-70 cm tall, glandular pubescent. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, sessile, sub-acute-obtuse, coarsely serrate, lobes obtuse, 1.5-7.0 (-9.0) x (1-) 2-2.5 cm, densely pubescent. Inflorescence a dense, terminal leafy spike. Flowers sessile, bracts foliaceous, but gradually decreasing in size from base to upward; uppermost ovate, cordate, entire, sub-acute-obtuse. Calyx 8-10 mm, teeth triangular, obtuse, c. 2 mm long. Corolla purple-white or yellow, rarely pure white; tube cylindrical; limb 2-lipped, upper lip slightly emarginated, lower lip slightly longer than upper, 3-lobed, lobes ± rounded. Stamens 4, anthers hairy, c. 1 mm long. Capsule sub globose, hairy as long as the calyx. Seeds many, oblong, kidney shaped, 0.7 mm long. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Apr, Vern:——————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Medit. to Iran and W. Central Kenya, Cape Prov. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:799723-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/799723-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000562280, https://www.gbif.org/species/5414976, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/119269/bartsia-trixago-l, https://phrygana.eu/Flora/Orobanchaceae/Bellardia-trixago/Bellardia-trixago.html, https://botany.cz/cs/bartsia-trixago/, https://biodiversitycyprus.blogspot.com/2016/03/bellardia-trixago-l-all-cyprus.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellardia_trixago |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Cyrenaica |
| Tripoli 1977 | Reported from Cyrenaica by Pampanini |
| 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 |
| PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae – Firenze: 209 — under: Trixago apula var. versicolor (Lam.) Lange | |
| PAMPANINI, R. (1931). Prodromo della Flora Cirenaica. – : 409 — under: Trixago apula Steven https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-flora-cirenaica |
