| Clinopodium brevifolium (Wahlenb.) Bräuchler & Hjertson / Heterotypic Synonyms: Clinopodium insulare (Candargy) Govaerts , Calamintha incana (Sm.) Boiss., it is a perennial herb, up to 20-50 cm tall, densely canescent suffrulescent, procumbent branches ascending, greyish white tomentose. Leaves petiolate ± orbiculate 0.5-20 x 3-15 mm, entire or obsoletely crenate, greyish white tomentose on both sides. Verticils 2-6-flowered, in loose raceme like inflorescences, pedicels as long as calyax or longer. Calyx 3-4 mm long, with villous throat, bilabiate, upper lip short with 3-teeth, lower lip longer with 2 lanceolate-subulate teeth. Corolla purplish pink, twice as long as calyx. Stamens 4, didynamous, the anterior pair longer than the posterior one. Nutlcts ovoid, truneate, smooth, 1 x 0.75 mm. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Jun-Jul, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iraq. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77185852-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/77185852-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001429143, https://www.gbif.org/species/10836902, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/144017/calamintha-incana-sm-boiss-ex-benth, https://www.greekflora.gr/el/flowers/4041/Calamintha-incana |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Wadi El-Kauf, Baida, Wadi El-Tair, (24 km) W. of Derna, along the coastal road to Susa, Wadi Derna, (8 km) S. of Gubba 1967 (55 km) E. of Baida 1975 Shahat, Baida 1978 Ain El-Dubusia 1979 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Ain Mara 2020 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Lamiaceae Vol. (118) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Maqsabi, F. M. & Makhlouf, M. A. (2020) Vegetation cover in the Ain Mara region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region – Libya. The Libyan Journal of Science (An International Journal): Volume 23, 2020. (In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/article/view/122, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farag-Elmokasabi-2 | Vegetation Cover of Ain Mara 2020 |
| 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,2014 DOI: 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 |
