Odontarrhena troodi

Species of flowering plant

Odontarrhena troodi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Odontarrhena
Species:
O. troodi
Binomial name
Odontarrhena troodi
(Boiss.) Španiel, Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & Marhold
Synonyms[1]
  • Alyssum coriaceum Nyár.
  • Alyssum troodi Boiss.

Odontarrhena 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.

References

  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
  • http://public.fotki.com/PanosS/plants/plants_-_flower/alyssum-troodi-cypr/
  • http://eol.org/pages/27737165/overview
  • https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/11616/_OPENUP_SPECIMENS_RBGE_UK_E00379859.html
  • http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2632587
  • https://www.gbif.org/species/3045067
Taxon identifiers
Alyssum troodi


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