Cistus × incanus L.

General Appearance

Cistus × incanus L. / Syn. Cistus incanus ssp. incanus, it is a shrub, up to 100 cm tall, erect or spreading with stem and pedicels densely white-villous. Stem, hairs generally glandular and no glandular. Leaf: petiole 0-15 mm; blade elliptic, tapered to base, ± wrinkled ad axially, main veins from base generally 1, margin ± wavy. Inflorescence (1)10-flowered; pedicel generally < 2 cm. Sepals 5, lance-ovate, acuminate. Petals 2-3 cm, rose to purple. Style thread-like, ± equal to stamens. Fruit, valves 5. Seeds small, blackish.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this hybrid is W. Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder: Wadi El-teir, (24 km) W. Derna to Susa 1967 Wadi Mahbool, Susa costal 1968 Haf way between Shahat and Susa 1970 El-kouf area 1984 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Wadi Belkaf-Bata 2016 Barce, Wadi El-Kouf 2016 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 Al-Mansura to Settia 2021

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168315-1

Link of images: https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=9808, https://www.gbif.org/species/2874028

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168315-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/168315-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/2874028, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000607385, https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=9808, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=19512, https://pollenatlas.net/plants/cistaceae/cistus/cistus-incanus-l-cistus-incanus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistus_%C3%97_incanus

Bibliographic References

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Cistaceae Vol. (48) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 2.

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

Al-Ajil, K.I., Masoud, M. J., Mustafa, H. M. (2021) The effect of urban sprawl on vegetation covers in Al-Mansura and Settia. Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya. The Libyan International Journal- Issue (52) -ISSN 2518-5845 – College of Science Al-Marj-University of Benghazi. (In Arabic) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LdqR2LgAAAAJ&hl=ar

الغطاء النباتي في المنصورة وسطية الجبل الاخضر 2021

Al-Traboulsi, M. & Alaib, M.A. (2021) A Survey of medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. NAT. CROAT, VOL. 30. No 2. (389-404), ZAGREB. December 31, 2021. https://hrcak.srce.hr/269442, https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/390805

Medicinal plants of Wadi Al-Kouf in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2021

Al-Aib, M.A., Elbakkosh, A.M., Ali, Y.B., Gadelmola, A.S., Elmhafdi, A.M. (2016) Preliminary Investigation of the Vegetation of Wadi Belkaf-Bata Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Science (LJBS) Vol: 4, No: 1, PP: 20-27., 2016. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323772475_Preliminary_Investigation_of_the_Vegetation_of_Wadi_Belkaf-Bata_Al-Jabal_Al-Akhdar-Libya

Preliminary Investigation of the Vegetation of Wadi Belkaf- Bata Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya. 2016

Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust, L. and AlBorki, A. (2016) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue4, pp 741-761|. https://bit.ly/3HlBjcJ, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2

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

Nawras, A. M. B. (2007) A study of the vegetation cover in the Wadi (Valley) Stowah region. Master Thesis. Botany Department-Faculty of Science-Garyounis University-Libya. (In Arabic).

Al-Sodany, Y. M., Shehata, M. N. & Shaltout, K. H. (2003): Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. ecologia mediterranea, tome 29, fascicule 2, 2003, p. 125-138. https://www.persee.fr/doc/ecmed_0153-8756_2003_num_29_2_1547, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yassin-Al-Sodany, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal-Shaltout

Vegetation along an elevation gradient in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. 2003