| Linaria haelava (Forssk.) Delile / Heterotypic Synonyms: Linaria laxiflora ssp. calcarlongum Qaiser, it is a glaucescent annual, glabrous, except the glandular hairy inflorescence. Stems several, 5-20 (-25) cm long. Lower leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-4; cauline ones alternate, linear, somewhat fleshy, 10-30 (-35) x 1-2 mm, often revolute. Raceme quite dense, becoming elongated in fruit. Bract linear, c. 5 mm long; pedicel 2.5-2 (-2.5) mm long, slightly increasing in fruit. Calyx glandular hairy; lobes oblong, acute, 34 mm long, somewhat narrowed at the base. Corolla yellow or pale violet, 15-25 mm long; lower lip broad, palate always yellow; spur slender, acute straight, 15-20 mm long. Capsule subglobose, almost equaling the calyx, glabrous. Seeds small, pale brown, reniform, tuberculate. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Jan-Apr , Vern: Ain El-Gallus, Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is Libya to Syria and Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804657-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/804657-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000446759, https://www.gbif.org/species/7418832, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/150542/linaria-haelava-forssk-f-dietr |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains | Benghazi Plain |
| Al-Kararim 1968 | (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 | Garyunis, (18 km) S. of Benghazi 1978 (17 km) from Ajdabia to Ojala 1978 |
| Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Gebel Nafousa (27 km) S.E Jado 1970 | Wadi Derna 1967 Gebel Akhder 2009 Wadi El-Kauf 2014 | Wadi Al-Ramla, (5 km) N. of Al-Makhili 1967 (12 km) W. of Tobruk 1978 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 |
| 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 |
| 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-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 |
| El-Darier, S.M. & El-Mogaspi, F.M. (2009) Ethno botany and Relative Importance of Some Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar Region (Libya). World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 5 (3): 353-360, 2009 ISSN 1817-3047, IDOSI Publications, 2009. https://bit.ly/3ANLWS1, http://www.idosi.org/wjas/wjas5(3)/16.pdf | Endemic Plant Species at El-Jabal El-Akhdar 2009 |
| Al-Aib, M. A. and El-Shakhy, N. O. (2008) Weed flora of great man made river agriculture project (sirte). Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development, Vol.102, Issue 3: 241-25. https://bit.ly/3njkLeH, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib | |
| 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) |
