| Malva sylvestris L., it is a biennial or perennial plant, with spreading hairs. Stems up to 30-50 cm, erect or ascending. Palmatifid leaves, with more or less deep, Petiole up to 13 cm long. lamina variable, sub orbicular cordate to reniform, up to 4.5.x 6.5 cm. glabrous or hairy on both the surfaces, hairs simple and stellate 3-7-lobed, crenate. Stipules up to 7 mm long. Flowers 1-4 in the axil of the leaf. Pedicel up to 2.5 cm long. Epicalyx segments 4-5 mm long. Sepals 6-8 mm long, stellate pubescent, teeth broadly triangular. Corolla 1.2-30 mm long, pink or purple, with darker veins, emarginated. Mericarp glabrous or hairy, rugose. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern: Khobaiz, Phytochoria: S.Cosm, Notes: Wild in Libya, medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561932-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/561932-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000449636, https://www.gbif.org/species/3152374, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/81830/malva-sylvestris-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/717.html, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_mauvesylvestre.php, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Malva+sylvestris, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/malva/sylvestris/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malva_sylvestris |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Ain Zara 1886 Azizia plain 1952 (16 km) Wadi Majanin, dam road 1974 El-Zawia 2015 Mallaha Wetland Tripoli 2016 Sabratha region 2020 Coastal of Tripoli 2020 | Leptus Megna 2004 Kaam area 2005 Misurata 2006,2008 Wadi Kaam (Estuary) 2022 | Sirte 1939 (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Sirte 2015, 2016 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020 |
| Benghazi Plain | Jabal Nafusa | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Benghazi 1883,1916, 1952 Near Sidi Ahmed El-Magrun 1939 Msus-Al-Ajramia zone 2004 Wadi El-Ghattara 2010 Between Slouk and Al-Abiar 2016 Jardina-Soloq Region 2020 (35 Km) South East of Benghazi (adjacent to the Jardinah village) 2020 Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 Soloq (Beir Bullerjam) 2022 | Gharian 1886 Tarhuna, Uadi Msaaba a Kasr Doga, Misallata, Gussbat 1913 Gebel Nafousa 1955 Gebel Nafousa, Rhnem-Yefren 1970 Gharian, between hill and Gharian town, (3 km) from hill to Gharian, Aboghilan, Janduba 1973 Gharian, Mangh El-Bahar, (2 km) before Kaleba, Saffet, (13 km) after Yefren, Taghrenna, (5km) N. of Yefren 1974 Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Tarhuna (Msaaed, Terghlat) 2018 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 Wadi Kaam (Dam & lake, Main course, Headwaters) 2022 | Derna 1912 Shahat 1926, 1970 Near Solnta 1970 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 El-Bakur 2007 S.of AL-Marj 2011 Gaber Jera 2013 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Sidi Abu-Ras 2017 Al-Oylia region 2017 Wadi Zaza, Wadi Al-Ager 2017 Wadi Derna 2017 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 |
| Marmarica Plateau | ||
| Tobruk 1913,1914 From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999 Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002 Dafna region (Tobruk to Msaid) 2008 | ||
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