General Appearance
Legousia hybrida (L.) Delarbre, it is an annual herb, sub erect to erect, up to 30 cm tall, ± hispid with branches from the base. Leaves alternate, shortly petioled to sessile, oblong-ovate to oblong-ovate, shortly attenuate, obtuse at the apex, margins crenate to undulate-crenate, obtuse. Inflorescence a small, few-flowered, terminal corymbose cluster. Flowers sessile, reddish-purple to lilac. Calyx tube mostly c. 10 mm long, lobes linear-lanceolate, c. half as long as the ovary at anthesis. erect or sub erect, acute or obtuse. Corolla tube almost half as long as calyx tube and lobes or slightly longer. Capsule 15-30 mm long, sub cylindrical, constricted at the apex, with ± erect calyx lobes.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Libya, without definite locality by H.N. Le Houerou
Notes
Wild. I have not found a recent recorded of this species so far in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:142775-1
Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/legousia-hybrida, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=5281 , https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=505281, https://www.i-flora.com/en/fact-sheets/phylogenetic-tree/art/show/legousia-hybrida.html
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:142775-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/142775-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000814819, https://www.gbif.org/species/3158788, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/133254/legousia-hybrida-l-delarbre, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/legousia-hybrida, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/leghyb/, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=5281, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=505281, https://www.i-flora.com/en/fact-sheets/phylogenetic-tree/art/show/legousia-hybrida.html
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Campanulaceae Vol. (49 Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 7.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
===================
Leave a Reply