Tuberaria guttata (L.) Fourr.

General Appearance

Tuberaria guttata (L.) Fourr. it is an annual, erect herb, up to 30 cm tall, villous, with a basal rostte of leaves, persisting or not. Basal and lower cauline leaves elliptica1 or obovate exstipulate. Lower leaves larger or smaller than the cauline leaves. Upper cauline leaves linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, ± revolute, stipulate or not; all leaves stellately hairy or simple haired above. Flowers 1-2 cm in diameter, long-pedicellate, in terminal raceme-like cymes; pedicels up to 3 times or more as long as the sepals, slender, spreading. Outer sepals much smaller than the inner. Petals exceeding to sub equal to the sepals, suppressed or absent, yellow, often dark-spoiled at the base. Stigma sub sessile or sessile. Capsules incompletely 3-locular.

Life Form

Th

Phytochoria

ES+ MED. The native range of this species is Canary Islands, NW. Europe to Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Al-Jafarah Plain: Reported from Zanzur, Ain Zara by Keith

Jabal Nafusa: Reported from Tarhuna by Keith Misallata (Shaafeen) 2008 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:

Gebel Akhdar, Al-Ghareeba ???

Notes

Wild in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169408-1

Link of images: https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/tuberaria-guttata, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/tubgut/, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=8018, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Xolantha+guttata, https://www.i-flora.com/en/the-smartphone-apps/iflora-deutschland/species/art/show/tuberaria-guttata-1.html

For more information

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169408-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/169408-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000406595, https://www.gbif.org/species/2874024, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/135431/tuberaria-guttata-l-fourr, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/cistaceae/tuberaria-guttata, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/tuberaria-guttata, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberaria_guttata, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/tubgut/, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=47425, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=8018, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=3243, https://flora-on.pt/?q=Xolantha+guttata, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_tuberariaguttata.php, https://jb.utad.pt/especie/Tuberaria_guttata

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. 39.

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

Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341306643_Floristic_Study_and_Species_Diverisy_of_Msallata-Garaboulli_Province_in_Libya

Floristic Study and Species Diverisy of Msallata-Garaboulli Province. 2020

Mohammed, S.A.H. (2008) A taxonomic and ecological study of the plants of the Shaafin Reserve in Masalatah. Master Thesis. Department of Biology-Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Al-Mirqab University. Al-Khums. Libya. (In Arabic).

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 […] – Firenze: 90 – under: Helianthemum guttatum (L.) Mill.