Flora

Muscari stenanthum Freyn , it is a bulbous geophyte ,glabrous herb. Bulbs small ovoid, tunicate, 1-2 cm in diameter with numerous bulbils. Leaves 3-10 per plant, linear canaliculate, narrowing towards the tip, 10-25 x 0.3-0.5 cm, usually longer than the flowering scape. Scape 10-20 cm long at flowering, up to c. 35 cm long in fruit. Inflorescence congested, with 10-20 flowers, top ones usually sterile. Pedicels short 2-3 mm tong. Perianth ± cylindrical, c. 6 mm long, bluish, with white reflexed teeth. Stamens 6, biseriate. Ovary obovoid with clearly marked valves. Capsules, obovoid-triquelrate, c. 8 mm long.

Jabal Nafusa:

(5 km) W. of Gharian 1967

Wild in Libya, a very rare species.

Link of images: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:538597-1

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:538597-1,  https://www.ipni.org/n/538597-1,  http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000694885,https://www.gbif.org/species/2772163,   https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/160332/muscari-stenanthum-freyn,  https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.le00010948