| Gagea trinervia (Viv.) Greuter , it is a bulbous geophyte, bulb small, ovoid to sub globular, 0.5-1 cm in diameter, tunics coriaceous. Basal leaves 2-4, narrowly linear. 7-15 x 0.2-0.4 cm. Scape 10-25 cm long, with 3-5 short alternate linear leaves, 1-3 cm long. Flowers 1-3 per plant, pedicels, 5-10 mm long. Perianth funnel-shaped, tepals ± spatulate c. 10 2 mm, white in colour with 3-5 reddish nerves, filaments c. 5 mm long, anthers 2-5 mm long. Ovary oblong with short style, 2.5-3.2 mm, stigma ± trilobed. Capsule narrowly-elliptical, obtuse. Seeds ± triangular, brownish in in colour. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Sicilia, NE. Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535692-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/535692-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000768721, https://www.gbif.org/species/5300030, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160973/gagea-trinervia-viv-greuter, http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=78&id=11948 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Habitat in Cyrenaica ( the illustration in Viv) El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Liliaceae Vol. (57) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout | Vegetation an elevation in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2003 |
