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Wednesday 30 September 2015

Sedum lampusae (Kotschy) Boiss.- Πετρόχορτον - Σέδον της Λάµπουσας - Endemic to Cyprus


Endemic to Cyprus
Sedum lampusae Is an erect herb to 50 cm, dying after one flowering. Basal leaves flat, glaucous, fleshy, spoon-shaped, 4–10 cm long, forming neat rosette which usually shrivels before the flowers open; steam leaves progressively smaller; inflorescence a long cylindrical or pyramidal spray, flowers numerous, crowded, brownish green, calyx-lobes and petals both 5, the latter narrow, pointed, 4 mm long, with a dark central vein. Stamens 10, follicles usually 5, erect, 5 mm long. Flowers from June to August.
Endemic to Cyprus. Frequent along the Kyrenia Range, notably at and above Lapithos

Photos Lapithos 26/6/2013  by George Konstantinou





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