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Globularia alypum is a perennial bushy plant that reaches up to 40-80 cm long. Juvenile branches and leaves are covered with minute calcareous dots. Leaves are 0.5-2 x 0.3-0.8 cm, alternate, or clustered at the nodes on old branches, glabrous, obovate to spathulate, with entire margins, mucronate apex. Flowers are small, blue and arranged in terminal heads with a hairy calyx.

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Distribution in Egypt

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Mareotic Sector, North Sinai.

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Global Distribution

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Spain, Portugal, North Africa, East Mediterranean region.

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Habitat

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Calcareous ridges.

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Height: 40-80 cm

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Globularia alypum

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Globularia alypum, the Alypo globe daisy or shrubby globularia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, with a Mediterranean distribution.[1][2] A shrub that is often co-dominant in the calcareous shrublands in which it occurs, it is a purgative.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Globularia alypum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Globularia alypum L." plantnet.org. Pl@ntNet. 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^ Llorens, L.; Peñuelas, J.; Estiarte, M.; Bruna, P. (2004). "Contrasting Growth Changes in Two Dominant Species of a Mediterranean Shrubland Submitted to Experimental Drought and Warming". Annals of Botany. 94 (6): 843–853. doi:10.1093/aob/mch211. PMC 4242278. PMID 15466877.
  4. ^ Hajji, Najla; Wannes, Dalanda; Jabri, Mohamed‐Amine; Rtibi, Kais; Tounsi, Haifa; Abdellaoui, Afifa; Sebai, Hichem (2020). "Purgative/Laxative actions of Globularia alypum aqueous extract on gastrointestinal‐physiological function and against loperamide‐induced constipation coupled to oxidative stress and inflammation in rats". Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 32 (8): e13858. doi:10.1111/nmo.13858. PMID 32337785. S2CID 216556560.
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Globularia alypum: Brief Summary

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Globularia alypum, the Alypo globe daisy or shrubby globularia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, with a Mediterranean distribution. A shrub that is often co-dominant in the calcareous shrublands in which it occurs, it is a purgative.

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