| Plantago cyrenaica E.A.Durand & Barratte, it is a dwarf annual herb, 3.5-4.5 cm tall, acaulescent, villose. Leaves always radical, erect, 1.5-4 cm x 1.5-4 mm, linear-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, gradually attenuate, and lowermost with dilated bases. Scapes thick, short 8-12 mm long, terete, patent, spreading or arcuately recurved with long spreading hairs, glandula-tomentose, ± sericeous; spikes ovoid or ovoid-oblong, 5-10 mm long, often 1-3, equal to scapes or a little shorter. Bracts ovate, 5-6 x 2-5 mm acute, coriaceous, dorsa-convex, without striation, pubescent, margins ciliate, shorter than sepals. Sepals ovate- oblong, pubescent, acute, margin sub membranous. Corolla grabrous, lobes oblong, patent. Capsule globose, scarious, 2-celled with one ovule in each cell. Seeds 2, cymbiform, emarginatc, outer surface convex, inner surface sulcate, dark brown, 2.5-3 x 1-2 mm. Life Form: , Flowering in: Mar-May, Vern: Degghis, Phytochoria: Endemic, The native range of this species is NE. Libya. Notes: Wild in Libya, endemic to Cyrenaica.
For more information:https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685073-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/685073-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000486809, https://www.gbif.org/species/4156006, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/150814/plantago-cyrenaica-e-a-durand-barratte |
| Distribution in Libya | ||
| Benghazi Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder | Marmarica Plateau |
| Reported from Benghazi, Benina by Durand & Barratte Wadi El-Enaghar 2021 | Reported from Mat, Barce, El-Auelia, El-Gatres, Shahat, Derna by Durand & Barratte Wadi El-Kauf, Gasr Libya 1978 Ain Dabusia, (9 km) from Baida on way to Shahat 1979 Gebel Akhder 2009 Valley Jarjr-oma 2013 Wadi El-Kauf 2014 Wadi Belkaf-Bata 2016 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021 | Reported from Tobruk by Durand & Barratte . Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930 |
| 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 |
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