Gastrocotyle hispida (Forssk.) Bunge

Family: Boraginaceae
Flowering Time: Feb-Apr.

General Appearance

Gastrocotyle hispida (Forssk.) Bunge / Homotypic Synonyms: Anchusa hispida Forssk., it is an annual herb, with more or less diffused branches, up to 3-40 cm long, densely hispid all over. Leaves 15-70 x 3-10 mm with ± undulate margin, sparsely ciliate between the tubercles. Pedicels very short, hardly elongated in fruit. Calyx c. 2 mm long; lobes obtuse with coarsely hispid spreading hairs. Corolla (violet, purple, blue, pale pinkish), c. 3 mm long, tube almost equal to the calyx, throat closed with scales, limb 1 x 0.5 mm. Anthers oblong, c. 0.5 mm long, filaments short. Nutlets somewhat transversely ovate or reniform, 3-4 mm, rugulose, more or less laterally incised with thick elevated dentate collar.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

SA+IT. The native range of this species is N. Africa to Central Asia and NW. India.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain:  Wadi El-Maiet project 1974  Wadi El-Hai project, (40 km) W. of Al-Azeziah to Bir El-Ghanem 1978  El-Zawia 2015

Zliten-Misurata Plain:  Kaam area 2005

Sirte Plains:  (7 Km) SE of Sitre City 2008  Sirte 2015,  2016  Wadi Al-Hamar Region 2020

Benghazi Plain:   (79 km) from Ajdabia to Benghazi 1978  Jardina-Soloq Region 2020

Jabal Nafusa:  Wadi Kabau 1972  Between Bir-Shakshuk and Qaser Al-Haje 1976   Gharyan (Sedrores Mountains) 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  

Wadi Derna 2017:

Marmarica Plateau:  Al-Tamimi to Omm Rezum 1970   Al-Tamimi, (195 km) from Tobruk to Al-Jaghbub 1978  Marmarica (north-eastern part of Libya) 2002

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. 10.

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

El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Shanta, M.B., Abo-Jaafer, H.A. (2020) Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District-Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology. Volume 8 / Issue 1. ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf

Floristic Study of Sedrores Mountains in Gharyan District – Libya. 2020

Omar, N., Alai, M.A. & Al-Zerbi, A.K. (2020) A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Farms of GMR Agricultural Project in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Sciences, Vol: 11, No: 1, P: 29-38, August. 2020. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar, https://repository.uob.edu.ly/handle/123456789/1535

A Survey of Weed Species of Barley Crop Fields in Jardina-Soloq Region, Libya.2020

Omar, N.O.I., Alaib, M.A., El-Mghrbi, N.G., Alzerbi, A.K. (2020) Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Science 6 (2), (2020) 20-24. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naser-Omar

Checklist of Flora and Floristic Study of Wadi Al-Hamar Region in Libya. 2020

Ab-AzizaF.B., ElBarasi, Y.M. and Rahil, R.O. (2017) Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna-El-JabalResearch article I Botany l Version 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fatma-Abuaziza, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yacoub-El-Barasi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rebeh-Rahil

Flora, Vegetation and Human Activities of Wadi Derna. 2017

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

Al-Fiqi, Abd al-Salam M., Abul-Qasim, R. (2015) Inventory of the vegetation cover surrounding Al-Zawiya University. The Libyan Journal of Science Volume 18, 2014/2015 .(In Arabic) https://uot.edu.ly/journals/index.php/ljs/issue/view/24

حصرالغطاء النباتى المحيط بجامعة الزاوية. 2015

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

Al-Aib, M. A. and El-Shakhy, N. O. (2008) Weed flora of great man made river agriculture project (sirte). Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development, Vol.102, Issue 3: 241-25. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaibhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/343655187_Weed_Flora_of_Great_Man-Made_River_Agriculture_Project_Sirte

Al-Shif, N. S. (2005) a taxonomic study of the plants of the Kaam region. Master Thesis, College of Science, Al-Marqab University, Al-Khums, Libya. (In Arabic).

El-Shaary M.S. (2002). The Natural Vegetation in Marmarica plateau (North-eastern Libya). First ed. Tobruk (Libya): Published by the local Authority. (In Arabic).

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