Odontarrhena troodi
| 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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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]
Distribution
Odontarrhena troodi is endemic to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus, from 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) elevation to the highest summit of Hionistra.
References
- ^ "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