| Plantago squarrosa Murray, it is an annual herb, 20-30 cm tall, decumbent or ascending, branching from neck, papillose iry. Leaves 2-4 (8) cm x 1-3 (-5) mm, linear to linear-oblong, freshly. Scapes axillary 1-5 mm; spikes 0.5-2 cm long, oblong or cylindrical. Lowest 2 bracts 5-10 mm long, very narrowly scarious margined, lanceolate-caudate, recurved, with lateral veins al the base. Upper bracts 3-4 mm, obovate-oblong, as long as the, calyx or longer. Sepals unequal, the anterior oblong-spathulate, the posterior 2.5-3 mm long, ovate, keeled. Corolla tube 3.5-4 mm, lobes 2 mm, ovate-oblong, acute. Capsule 2-2.5 mm long. Seeds c. 2 mm long, cymbiform, ovate-elliptic. Life Form: Th, Flowering in: Apr-May, Vern: krah-digiagia, Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is E. Medit. Notes: Wild in Libya, usually found in dry and sandy places.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685676-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/685676-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000487294, https://www.gbif.org/species/7845868, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/150880/plantago-squarrosa-murray, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/PLASQU/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Plantagosquarrosa_page.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Tripolitania | Sirte Plains |
| Reported from Tripolitania by Kirth | Sirte 2015, 2016 |
| 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 |
| Elsayed, N. (2016) Relationship between Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats in Libya.CATRINA (2016), 15 (1): 59-68. https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?user=mSAskW0AAAAJ&hl=en , https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18337_76652686b5c99f5fd479aebab87fbcb4.pdf | Surt region in Libya 2016 |
| Elsayed M. A. N. (2015) Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. Catrina (2015), 12 (1): 63-71-2010 By the Egyptian society for environmental SCIENCES. https://cat.journals.ekb.eg/article_18403_37c687e375b9144800a15704e68ebad7.pdf | Plant Cover at Surt Region 2015 |
