Petromarula is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. There is only one known species, Petromarula pinnata, endemic to the island of Crete in the Mediterranean.[1][2] The name "Petromarula" means "rock lettuce" in Greek, a reference to the plant's traditional use in salads.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Campanuloideae |
| Genus: | Petromarula Vent. ex R.Hedw. |
| Species: | P. pinnata
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| Petromarula pinnata (L.) A.DC.
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Description
editPetromarula pinnata is a robust, medium to tall perennial, minutely hairy above. Leaves mostly in a large basal rosette, pinnate to pinnately-lobed, the lower long-stalked; leaflets oval to oblong, coarsely toothed. Flowers pale blue, 9–10 mm, borne in large rather narrow panicles; corolla with 5 spreading to recurved linear lobes. Capsule opening by 3 pores in the middle. Flowers April–May.[4]
Habitat
editRock crevices, cliffs and old walls.
Gallery
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References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ West Crete flowers, rock lettuce, Petromarula pinnata
- ^ Mediterranean Wild Flowers, Marjorie Blamey & Christopher Grey-Wilson, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, ISBN 0 00 219901 7
External links
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- Cretan Flora, Petromarula pinnata
- Flowers of Chania, Petromarula pinnata
- Dave's Garden, PlantFiles: Cretan Wall-Lettuce Petromarula pinnata
- Cretan Vista, Flowers of Northwest Crete, Bellflower, Petromarula pinnata
- First Nature, Petromarula pinnata - Rock Lettuce
- Biodiversity Sitia, Βιοποικιλότητα Δήμου Σητείας | Petromarula pinnata Πετρομάρουλο
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