| Convolvulus tricolor L. , it is an annual herb, up to 15-30 (-60) cm tall. Stem thick, angular, brown-pubescent. Leaves sessile, 24-44 mm long, obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse to subacute, glabrous to sparsely hairy on the upper surface, brown-villous on the lower. Flowers solitary, axillary, bracteate, bracts linear, brown-villous. Sepals 6-8 mm long, patent-villous, constricted about the middle, the upper portion ovate to lanceolate, acute, green, the lower convex colorless. Corolla 20 mm long, the limb blue, throat yellow, margined with white, villous on the folds outside but the tube glabrous. Ovary pubescent. Capsule pubescent. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Mar-Jul, Vern:————, Phytochoria: ES+MED, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, W. & Central Medit. to Mauritania. Notes: Wild in Libya, usually grows in dry open habitat up to 900 m.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267127-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/267127-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001296635, https://www.gbif.org/species/7162908, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CONV/Convolvulus_tricolor.php, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/139894/convolvulus-tricolor-l, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=4224, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_convolvulustricolor.php, https://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=22041, https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/convolvulus-tricolor/?lang=en |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Reported from Tripoli, Benghazi by Durand & Barratte, Pampanini and Keith | Reported from Shahat by Durand & Barratte, Pampanini and Keith Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 | Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2004 |
| Fezzan area | ||
| Reported from Fezzan (Sebha) by Durand & Barratte, Pampanini, Corti and Keith | ||
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Convolvulaceae Vol. (45 ) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/, https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1 | An updated Marmarica Plateau flora 2021 |
| El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126 http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf | Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar 2015 |
| Le Houerou H.N. (2004) Plant diversity in Marmarica (Libya and Egypt). A catalogue of the vascular plants reported with their biology, distribution, frequency, usage, economic potential, habitat, and main ecological features, with an extensive bibliography. Candollea. 59:259–308. https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/HN-le-Houerou-62785096 | |
| Al-Hamadi R.I.(1999) Floristic and ecological study of Wadi Al-Agar, Master Thesis, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
