Nonea micrantha Boiss. & Reut.

Family: Boraginaceae

General Appearance

Nonea micrantha Boiss. & Reut., it is a hispid annual or perennial, eglandular. Stem up to 10-40 cm. long, usually ascending, not much branched. Leaves lanceolate to oblong, lanceolate-acute to sub obtuse, 20-70 x 5-10 mm. Calyx c. 5 mm at anthesis, increasing, up to 8- 12 mm in fruit, usually very strongly inflated, teeth c. 1̸3 as long as the calyx tube. Corolla pale blue, 7-8 mm long, usually more deeply divided. Style included. Nutlets c. 1.5 x 3 mm, obliquely ovoid, asymmetrical, strongly ribbed.

Phytochoria

MED+SA. The native range of this species is S. Portugal to Spain, N. Africa.

Distribution in Libya

Benghazi Plain:  Reported from Benghazi by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini

Jabal Nafusa:  Reported from Misallata, Tarhuna, Gharian by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini  Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013  Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Marmarica Plateau:  Reported from Tobruk by Durand & Barratte and Pampanini

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. 24.

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

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

Al-Masalati, N. A. A. (2013) Plant diversity across the altitudes of the Msallata National Park Reserve Mountains. Master Thesis. Botany Department-College of Science-University of Benghazi-Libya. (In Arabic).

Prodr. Fl. Ciren.: 379 (1931). https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/14218-prodromo-della-

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