Alyssum troodi

Alyssum troodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Alyssum
Species: A. troodi
Binomial name
Alyssum troodi
Boiss.
Synonyms[1]
  • Alyssum coriaceum Nyár.

Alyssum troodi is a 10-25 cm high perennial subshrub. Leaves 5-10 mm long obovate-spatulate, covered with a silvery indumentum. Flowering and sterile shoots on the same plant, On the sterile shots the leaves form terminal clusters. Flowers have 3 mm long golden-yellow petals. The siliques are 7-8 mm long, elliptic and glabrous. Flowers from May to July.[2]

Distribution

Endemic to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus, from 1300 m altitude to the highest summit of Hionistra.

Reference

  1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Wild flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas, Efstathiadis Group S.A. 1993 Anixi, Attikis, Greece. ISBN 960 226 266 4

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