Odontarrhena troodi

Odontarrhena troodi
Scientific 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 (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

  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