Flora

Allium subhirsutum L.

Common Name: Ghazul.

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Flowering Time: Feb-Mar.

General Appearance

Allium subhirsutum L. / Syn. Allium subhirsutum ssp. subhirsutum, it is a bulbous geophyte, Bulbs up to 1.5 cm in diameter, sub globose; tunic membranous, not pitted. Stem 7-30 cm, terete. Leaves 2-3, 6-45 cm x 2-10 mm, almost basal, linear, ciliate. Spathe up to 1.3 cm, 1-valved, persistent, shorter than pedicels. Umbel 2.5-7 cm in diameter, hemispherical and lax, or fastigiate; pedicels up to 40 mm, 3-5 times as long as the perianth-segments, irregularly patent. Perianth stellate; segments 7-9 mm, white, lanceolate to oblanceolate, obtuse to acute. Stamens 1/2-2/3 as long as perianth; filaments 4-6 mm, subulate, simple; anthers usually brown, occasionally yellow. Capsule 3 mm.

Life Form

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Sirte Plains:

(7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008 Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020

Benghazi Plain:

Wadi El-Enaghar 2021

Al-Jabal Al-Akhader:

Gubba, Derna, Ras El Hilal, (12 km) from Al-Marj 1887

Marmarica Plateau:

From Tobruk to Egyptian Border 1999

Notes

Wild in Libya.

Link of images: https://www.maltawildplants.com/AMRY/Allium_subhirsutum.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_alliumsub.php, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Allium+subhirsutum

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528944-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/528944-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000757470, https://www.gbif.org/species/2855683, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/155942/allium-subhirsutum-l, https://www.preservons-la-nature.fr/flore/taxon/1552.html, https://www.maltawildplants.com/AMRY/Allium_subhirsutum.php, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_alliumsub.php, https://eol.org/pages/1085008, https://www.cretanflora.com/allium_subhirsutum.html, https://dryades.units.it/stagnisardi/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&id=6896&num=6110, https://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/DetaljiFrame.aspx?IdVrste=27401, https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+subhirsutum, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Allium+subhirsutum, https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant-list/species/Allium%20subhirsutum%20L./data, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_subhirsutum

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Alliaceae Vol. (33) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

Omar, N., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Rahil, R.O., Alaib, M.A., Alzerbi, A.K. (2021) Floristic Composition and Plant Diversity of Western Part of Wadi El- Enaghar, Libya. Species-22(70), 2021. pp. (204-217). http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/index.htm, http://www.discoveryjournals.org/Species/current_issue/2021/v22/n70/A4.pdf

Saaed, M.W.B., EL-Barasi, Y.M. & Rahil, R.O. (2021) An updated checklist and quantitative analysis of the Marmarica Plateau flora, in the north-eastern part of Libya. Phytotaxa 509 (1): 001-055. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.509.1.1

Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar

Al-Aib, M. A. and El-Shakhy, N. O. (2008) Weed flora of great man made river agriculture project (sirte). Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development, Vol.102, Issue 3: 241-25. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib

EL-Habony, A.M. (1999) Vegetation and flora of a sector along Mediterranean cost of Libya from Tobruk to Egyptian border, M.Sc. Thesis, Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya. (in Arabic)