| Orobanche lavandulacea Rchb., it is a holoparasitic annual, very similar to the Orobanche mutelii F.W.Schultz, but taller, flowers intensely blue or violet-blue tipped. Calyx 6-8 mm long with teeth equalling or slightly longer than tube, triangular with subulate apex, often bluish in colour. Corolla 16-22 mm long, curved above with divergent lips. Anthers hairy with crisped hairs, filaments glabrous or sparsely hairy, inserted, c. 6 mm above base of corolla. Life Form: Pa, Flowering in: Apr-May, Vern:—————- , Phytochoria: MED, Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:662469-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/662469-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000387901, https://www.gbif.org/species/8368070, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/149494/orobanche-lavandulacea-rchb, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/OROLAV/, https://botany.cz/cs/orobanche-lavandulacea/ |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Faerwa island 1970 | Wadi Zaza 2003 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978 Flora of Libya, Orobanchaceae Vol. (55) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| 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,2014 DOI: 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 |
| Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H.(2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://bit.ly/3VowJ3q, http://www.herbmedit.org/bocconea/16-1091.pdf | flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza 2003 |
