Fumana scoparia Pomel

General Appearance

Fumana scoparia Pomel, it is an ascending low undershrub, with branches up to 20 cm tall, viscid hairy at least above. Leaves linear exstipulate, alternate, unequally spaced on stem, shorter and conferted below, laxer and longer above, abruptly reduced in size, forming bracts in the inflorescence. Inflorescence (1-) 2-3-flowered, mostly terminal, densely glandular-hairy with long hairs. Flowers usually nodding on pedicels exceeding the leaves. Capsules (6-) 8-12-seeded, with seeds late shedding.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Jabal Nafusa: Reported from Kussbat by Keith

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

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168614-1

Link of images: https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/92325.html, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/fumsco/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=503280, https://floressilvestresdelmediterraneo.blogspot.com/2015/10/cistaceae-fumana-scoparia.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168614-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/168614-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000693056, https://www.gbif.org/species/7331284, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/fr/nomen/specie/135069/fumana-scoparia-pomel, https://www.floravascular.com/index.php?spp=Fumana%20scoparia, https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/view/item/92325.html, https://www.florafauna.life/flora-lebanon/fumana-scoparia-, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/fumsco/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=503280

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. 9.

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

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

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