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Wednesday 20 April 2016

Alyssum chondrogynum B. L. Burtt - Άλυσσον το χονδρόγυνον - Βροµόχορτον - Endemic to Cyprus


Endemic to Cyprus
Alyssum chondrogynum, Kakomallis alison is a much branched subshrub with suberect, woody-at-base, stems, 20-50 cm high. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, grey-green, thick, obovoid to suborbicular, 8-16 x 7-13 mm, with short stellate hairs. Flowers actinomorphic, in terminal corymbose inflorescences, golden yellow, with 4 petals and sepals. Flowers April-June. Fruit an obovoid silicle with short stellate hairs.

Rocky serpentinised slopes.

Endemic to Cyprus where it is only found in the Limassol Forest at 200-700 m altitudes where it is locally common: Kakomallis, Eloros, Kyparishia, Yerasa, Kellaki, Sanidha and Listovounos Forest.
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Photos 20/4/2016 by George Konstantinou



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