Cyprus Rose-flowered Rockcress - Arabis purpurea Sm. - Αραβίς η πορφυρά Κλάµατα (ή δάκρυα) της Παναγίας - Endemic to Cyprus

Endemic to Cyprus

See also 

Λίστα Ενδημικών Φυτών της Κύπρου - List of Endemics plants of Cyprus

Arabis cypria Holmboe - Endemic to Cyprus

Arabis cypria is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, endemic to mountainous areas of northern Cyprus.

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.

Photos Kalopanagiotis 23/2/2014 by George Konstantinou