| Plantago crassifolia Forssk., it is a perennial, acaulescent herb. Leaves fleshy, narrow-linear, 3-nerved, entire or remotely dentate, glabrous or sparsely papillose or hirsute at sheathing base. Seapes longer than the leaves spikes cylindrical, somewhat lax, 1.5-5 cm long. Bracts ovate, concave, narrow margined. Sepals obtuse, broad margined carina of the posterior lobes green, expanded into a narrow scarious margin. Corolla tube apprcssed-hirsute, lobes ovate, acute. Capsule 2-celled, each cell 1-seeded. Life Form: H, Flowering in: Mar-Jul, Vern:————, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information:https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685052-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/685052-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000487769, https://www.gbif.org/species/7989044, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/150810/plantago-crassifolia-forssk, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/3235.html, https://botany.cz/cs/plantago-crassifolia/, https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-France/Plantaginaceae/Plantago%20crassifolia/Plantago-crassifolia.html, https://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Plantaginaceae/Plantago_crassifolia.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Zliten-Misurata Plain | Sirte Plains |
| Reported fromTripoli, Tajura, Ain Zara by Kieth (20 km) E. of Tripoli along the coastal road 1966 | Kaam area 2005 | Tawargha 1972 |
| Jabal Nafusa | ||
| Gebel Nafousa 1971 | ||
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1979) Flora of Libya, Plantaginaceae Vol. (67) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Al-Shf, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic) |
