Odontarrhena troodi is a 10–25 cm (3.9–9.8 in) high perennial subshrub. The leaves are 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long, obovate to spatulate in shape, covered with a silvery indumentum. Flowering and sterile shoots are found on the same plant; on sterile shoots the leaves form terminal clusters. Flowers have 3 mm (0.12 in) long golden-yellow petals. The siliques are 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long, elliptic and glabrous. The plant flowers from May to July.[2]
| Odontarrhena troodi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Odontarrhena |
| Species: | O. troodi |
| Binomial name | |
| Odontarrhena troodi | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
editOdontarrhena troodi is endemic to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus, from 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) elevation to the highest summit of Hionistra.
References
edit- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ Wild flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas, Efstathiadis Group S.A. 1993 Anixi, Attikis, Greece. ISBN 960 226 266 4
External links
edit- 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
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