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]
Odontarrhena troodi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Odontarrhena |
Species: | O. troodi
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Binomial name | |
Odontarrhena troodi (Boiss.) Španiel, Al-Shehbaz, D.A.German & Marhold
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
editEndemic to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus, from 1300 m 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