General Appearance
Echium rauwolfii Delile, it is an erect, annual herb, covered by spreading, bulbous based setae with one to many flowering stems. Leaves narrowly lanceolate to oblong, 50-100 (-120) x 3-5 (-6) mm. Calyx 5-6 mm long, elliptic- lanceolate, slightly accresecnt, densely beset with the spreading setae. Corolla, 12-15 mm long, about equally broad. Stamens 3-4, exserted; anthers less than 1 mm long. Stigma bifid; style glabrous. Nutlets pyramidal-beaked, c. 3 mm long, flat at base, tuberculted.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Tripolitania: Reported from Tripolitania by Durand & Barratte
Al-Jufra area: Reported from Gebel Soda, Bir Gofta, Wadi El-Hachim by Durand & Barratte
Notes
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115863-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/115863-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000663031, https://www.gbif.org/species/4067965, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/77473/echium-rauwolfii-delile, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/echium_rauwolfii/, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/46447.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/echrau/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echium_rauwolfii
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1979) Flora of Libya, Boraginaceae Vol. (68) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 45.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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