| Erica multiflora L., it is a subshrub or shrub up to 0.3-2(3) m. Young stems with prominent ribs, brownish or whitish, pubescent with very short, patent non-glanduliferous hairs or glabrous. Leaves (4)6-11(14) × 0.84.3(1.5) mm, in whorls of 4-5, erect, linear, so revolute that the underside is not visible, sometimes with small spaced teeth, glabrous or hairy on the upper surface, the young ones sometimes with glanduliferous cilia. Multiflorous, racemiform, congested inflorescences, the partial ones, with 1-3 flowers, each one with an involucrum of basal bracteoles. Pedicels 6-12(18) mm, very thin, glabrous, purple, bracteoles 3, from 1(1.5) mm, whorled or rarely alternate and approximate, inserted into the lower half of the pedicel. Sepals (1.3)1.5-2(2.5) mm, ± free, ovate or lanceolate, rarely oblong-lanceolate, pink, with a keeled and cuculated apex, glabrous, membranous, ciliate. Corolla (3)3.5-5.5(7) mm, tubular or narrowly bell-shaped, pinkish, occasionally albino; lobes of c. 0.6 mm, erect or patent. Anthers (0.8)1-1.5 mm generally larger than 1 mm, exserted, dorsifixed, without appendages, generally parallel thecae. Ovary glabrous, style of c. 4 mm, long exserted, thin, smooth; stigma very narrowly obconic, barely dilated at anthesis. Capsule 2-2.5 mm, ovoid-tetragonal, glabrous. Seeds of c. 1(1.5) mm, oblong-ellipsoidal, striated. 2n = 24*. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: May-Des, Vern: Hamra, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya, common in calcareous rocks.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329147-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/329147-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000672656, https://www.gbif.org/species/7373031, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/142879/erica-multiflora-l, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Erica%20multiflora, https://www.maltawildplants.com/ERIC/Erica_multiflora.php, http://www.menudanatura.com/2010/11/erica-multiflora-l.html |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Msallata (Shaafien) 2017 | Argub El-Abiad, near Susa to the South, along the road to Shahat, Wadi El- Hussaien, along the coastal road, Ras El-Hilal-Shahat 1967 Wadi Mahbool 1975 Wadi Al-Agar, (3 km) before Derna 1977 Al-Mansora 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 | From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Ericaceae Vol. (54) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Traboulsi, M. & Alaib, M.A. (2021) A Survey of medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. NAT. CROAT, VOL. 30. No 2. (389-404), ZAGREB. December 31, 2021. https://hrcak.srce.hr/269442 / https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/390805 | Medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 |
| 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 |
| Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal2/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JMSET06-3-1-20171.pdf | وادي كعام ومناطق اخري 2017 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Abusaief, H. M. A. and Dakhil, A. H. (2013) The floristic composition of Rocky habitat of Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar- Libya. New York Science Journal 2013; 6(5). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Huda-Abusaief | Al Mansora in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2013 |
| EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic) |
