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Monday 27 July 2015

Onosma fruticosa Sm. - Ονόσµα η θαµνώδης Ξυλόθρουµπος - Endemic to Cyprus


Endemic to Cyprus
Onosma fruticosum is an erect, much branched shrub, 30-100 cm high, young shoots covered with bristles. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, stalkless, oblanceolate, 7-20 x 2-5 mm, thick, margins revolute, with a mixture of short hairs and long scabridulous bristles. Flowers tubular, nodding, solitary, corolla golden yellow, turning brownish with age. Flowers February-May. Fruit of 4 nutlets
Dry hillsides with garigue vegetation on limestone and igneous formations at 0-1100 m altitude.
Endemic to Cyprus, locally common in many parts of the island: Akamas (Smyies, Ayios Kononas etc.), Neon Khorion, Paphos, the Oritaes forest (Petra tou Romiou), Aphamis, OrokliniDhekeliaAkhnaCape GrecoProtarasStavrovouni, Kotchiatis, Athalassa, PotamiaAgrokipia, the Pentadaktylos range, Cape Apostolos Andreas. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photos Geri by George Konstantinou









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