Arabis cypria
Arabis cypria | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Arabis |
Species: | A. cypria
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Binomial name | |
Arabis cypria Holmboe, 1914
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Arabis cypria is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, endemic to mountainous areas of Northern Cyprus.
Description[]
Arabis cypria is a tufted perennial to 25 cm, the basal leaves softly hairy, in dense rosettes, spoon-shaped with wavy or bluntly toothed edges; flowering stems (alongside leafy shoots) carry a few smaller leaves and a lengthening raceme of white-to-pink flowers 12 mm across. Pods straight or curved, 2–4 cm long, often all spreading in one direction. Flowers from Mars to April.[1]
Habitat[]
On shady limestone rocks at high altitudes.
Distribution[]
From St Hilarion to , and the Karpas Peninsula.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ An Illustrated Flora of North Cyprus by D. E. Viney, Published by Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein, Germany, 1994, ISBN 3-87429-364-5
External links[]
Categories:
- Arabis
- Endemic flora of Cyprus
- Flora of Europe
- Plants described in 1914