| Bupleurum kakiskalae | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Bupleurum |
| Species: | B. kakiskalae |
| Binomial name | |
| Bupleurum kakiskalae Greuter |
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Bupleurum kakiskalae is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family. It is endemic to Greece (Crete). One of Crete’s rarest plants, B. kakiskalae grows on a few calcareous cliffs at 1450-1500m in the Lefka Ori (White Mountains) of western Crete. Plants produce a single, monocarpic rosette of narrow oblanceolate, blue-green leaves which flowers after 3–12 years. The flower stem is branched and up to 1m tall, with numerous heads of yellow flowers in late summer. The plant is taxonomically isolated within the genus Bupleurum.