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Cistus parviflorus Lam., it is a shrub plant, 30–100 cm high, richly branched, leaves are petiolate, opposite, entire, ovate to elliptic, 1–3 cm long, grey-felt, 3-veined. The flowers grow singly or in up to 6-flowered inflorescences, the sepals are ovate, with white hairs, the flowers are  5- fold, they are only 2-3 cm in diameter, the petals are ovate, pink The fruit is a capsule.  Life Form: Ch,   Flowering in: Feb.-Apr,   Vern: Berbish,   Phytochoria: MED, The native range of this species is Sicilia (Lampedusa) to Türkiye, Libya.   Notes: Wild in Libya.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168409-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/168409-1https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000607503,   https://www.gbif.org/species/8069132,   https://botany.cz/cs/cistus-parviflorus/,    https://www.orchid-nord.com/Flore-Rhodes/Cistaceae/Cistus%20parviflorus/Cistus-parviflorus.html ,   https://biodiversitycyprus.blogspot.com/2016/03/cistus-parviflorus-lam-cyprus.html

 

Distribution in Libya
Zliten-Misurata Plain Sirte Plains Jabal Nafusa
Liptis Magna 1974 Wadi Soofejeen 2017 Tarhuna 1975  Msallata (Shaafeen) 2008   Msallata National Park (Shaafeen) 2013   Abughilan 2016   Msallata (Shaafien) 2017   Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
(5 km) E. of Tocra 1967  Al Bakur, near Tocra, Wadi Mahbool, Susa costal road 1968  (5 km) W. of Baida, Half way between Shahat and Susa 1970  (30 km) from Lamluda 1972  El-kouf area 1984  Wadi Al-Agar 1999  Wadi Zaza 2003  El-Bakur 2007   Al-Dercya, Wadi El-Akar, Shahat, El Fadil Abou Omar,Wadi Algharega, Al-Marj-Al-Baida motorway, Wadi El-Kouf 2011  Al-Mansora 2013  Wadi El- Shees 2014   Wadi El-Kouf 2014  Between Labrag and Shahat 2014   Wadi Haboon 2015   Wadi Belkaf-Bata 2016   Barce, Wadi El-Kouf, Marawa-Al-Merj 2016   Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019   From Nuqrat Said to Wadi Al-Zagzoog, From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh, From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019   Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020   Ain Mara 2020   Wadi Al-Kouf 2021   Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021

 

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.
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Al-Amrouni, M,M., Al-Zarbi, A., Al-Aeb, M. A. (2020) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Amohamed forest north of the city of Al-Abyar in the Al-Jabal Al-Al-Akhdar. Libya. Journal of Quality Assurance for Scientific Research-The first issue-April-2020 (In Arabic). https://lqac.org.ly/index.php/april2020/, https://lqac.org.ly/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PDF-1.pdf غابة سيدي أمحمد شمال مدينة الابيار2020
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El-farse, M.H. (2019) Study of the vegetation of Wadi Om-El-Amaym in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar region. Master Thesis- department of environmental science and engineering, Academy of post graduate studies, Benghazi, Libya. (In Arabic)  
Bahri, N.M. (2017) Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka’am Areas, Libya. Journal of Marine Sciences and Environmental Technologies-Volume (3) -Issue (2) (In Arabic) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal2/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JMSET06-3-1-20171.pdf وادي كعام ومناطق اخري 2017
Al-Aib, M.A., Elbakkosh, A.M., Ali, Y.B., Gadelmola, A.S., Elmhafdi, A.M. (2016) Preliminary Investigation of the Vegetation of Wadi Belkaf-Bata Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar-Libya. Libyan Journal of Basic Science (LJBS) Vol: 4, No: 1, PP: 20-27., 2016. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed-Alaib Wadi Belkaf- Bata Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2016
Hegazy, A.; Kabiel, H.; AlRowaily, S.; Lovett-Doust, L. and AlBorki, A. (2016) Plant communities and reproductive phenology in mountainous regions of northern Libya. Journal of Forestry Research. July 2017, Volume 28, Issue4, pp 741-761|. https://bit.ly/3HlBjcJhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2  
El-Rabiai, G.T. & Al -Tira, M. (2015) Checklist of the Flora of Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar (Cyrenaica, Libya). International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences 6(8-9): Aug-Sep, 2015:4661-4665] Coden (USA): IJPLCP ISSN: 0976-7126 http://uob.edu.ly/assets/uploads/pagedownloads/27a3a-wadi-haboon.pdf Wadi Haboon at AI Jabal AI Akhdar 2015
Ahmed, H. M. (2014) Assessment of natural vegetation in the area between Abraq and Shahat in the south and the coastline in the north. Journal of Science and Human Studies-Al-Marj. Issue 4-ISSN: 2312-4962 Benghazi University. (In Arabic) https://www.merefa2000.com/2022/04/blog-post_12.html الغطاء النباتي شحات الابرق_compressed
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Hegazyi, A.K., Boulos, L., Kabiel, H.F. and Sharashy, O.S. (2011) Vegetaion and species altitudinal distribution in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar landscape, Libya. Pak. J. Bot., 43(4): 1885-1898, 2011. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmad-Hegazy-2 Vegetaion in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar landscape 2011
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