Moltkiopsis ciliata (Forssk.) I.M.Johnst.

Common Name: Aginest.
Family: Boraginaceae
Flowering Time: Jan-Apr.

General Appearance

Moltkiopsis ciliata (Forssk.) I.M.Johnst. / Syn. Moltkia callosa (Vahl) Wettst., Lithospermum callosum Vahl, it is a small, woody shrublet, up to 10-20 (-40) cm tall, very strigose with appressed unequal setae, cancscent. Leaves linear to lanceolate, sessile, subamplexicaul with callous margins. 10-20 x 4-5 mm. Racemes short, spike-like, loose in fruit, Calyx  5-partite, elliptic, lanceolate. 4-5 x 1 mm with white spreading setae. Corolla 10-15 mm long, pink, throat naked, puberulent outside. Stamens unequal, 3 long, 2 short, included; anthers c. 1 mm long. Stigma capitate or ± bilobed, exserted or included. Nutlets 1-2. ovate-triangular, ± smooth or with 1-2 tubercles, brownish, flat on the dorsal side, keeled on the ventral side c. 2 mm long.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

SA+SZ. The native range of this species is Sahara to Iran.

Distribution in Libya

Sirte Plains:  Sirte 2015, 2016

Benghazi Plain:  Qaminas to Ajdabia (Slouk plain) 2006

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Wadi Zaza 2003  Wadi El-Kouf 2014

Marmarica Plateau:  Reported in Marmarica north-eastern part of Libya by Pampanini 1930

Al-Jufra area:  (120 km) before Bu-Najim to Hun 1973  Bu-Najim, (46 km) from Bu Nahim 1975

Bibliographic References

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. 19.

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

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

An-updated-checklist-and-quantitative-analysis-of-the-Marmarica-Plateau-flora-مضغوط

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

Vegetation and Soil Seed Bank at Protected Versus Unprotected Sites at Coastal Habitats 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

Floristic Composition of the Plant Cover at Surt Region in Libya. 2015

El-Mokasabi, F M. (2014) Floristic Composition and Traditional Uses of Plant Species at Wadi Al-kuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya. American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci., 14 (8): 685-697, 2014, ISSN 1818-769,IDOSIPublications,2014DOI:10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2014.14.08.12375. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/441b/23b83960f007044aca94e26f5c6b170fe102.pdf

Plant Species at Wadi Alkuf, Al-Jabal Al-Akhder, Libya 2014

Al-Maghrabi A.S.S. (2006) Study of the vegetation and seed bank of the zone of Ghaminis and Agedabia (Slouk plain), Master of Science Thesis, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Academy of Graduated Studies, Benghazi Branch, Libya, 2006. (In Arabic).

El-Barasi, Y. M., EI-Sherif, l. M. & Gawhari, A. M. H. (2003) Checklist and analysis of the flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at AI-Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). Bocconea 16 (2): 1091-1105. 2003. – ISSN 1120-4060. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Gawhari,  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281559070_Checklist_and_analysis_of_the_flora_and_vegetation_of_Wadi_Zaza_at_AI-Jabal_AI_Akhdar_Cyrenaica_Libya

Flora and vegetation of Wadi Zaza at Al-Jabal AI Akhdar 2003-مضغوط

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