Family |
Orobanchaceae
Bellardia trixago
(L.) All.
Bellardia trixago (L.) All.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CXXXV nº 2; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Erect annual, with a strong, glandular-pubescent stem in the upper part.
Leaves: Sessile or amplexicaul, oblong-lanceolate to linear, 3–6(–10) cm long, sparsely serrate.
Inflorescence & flowers: Dense, ovate spike, 2–4 cm long, becoming oblong at fruiting.
Calyx: With ovate teeth about 1/5 the length of the tube.
Corolla: About 2 cm long, white to pale pinkish, more deeply colored on the upper lip. Lower lip longer than the upper; anthers hairy.
Fruit: Ovate-globose capsule, slightly rough.
Phenology: Flowers from April to June.
Habitat & elevation: Fields and cultivated ground.
Lebanese distribution: Ct. Saïda, Beirut, Furn el-Chebbak, Antélias, Nahr el-Kelb, Ras el-Natara, Tripoli, ‘Abdé; Mi. Jamhour, Baabda; Met. Ta‘naïl, Beqaa, west of Joub Jenin, Cha‘ara.
Syrian distribution: Tartous, Marqab, Banias, Lattaquié, Safita, Haffé, Bhamra, banks of the Tigris.
Native range: Albania, Algeria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan-South Sudan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Yemen. (KEW)