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Tuesday 16 February 2016

Alyssum troodi Boiss.- Άλυσσον το τροόδιο, Βροµόχορτον, - Endemic too Cyprus


Alyssum troodi is a 10-25 cm high perennial subshrub. Leaves 5-10 mm long obovate-spatulate, covered with a silvery indumentum. Flowering and sterile shoots on the same plant, On the sterile shots the leaves form terminal clusters. Flowers have 3 mm long golden-yellow petals. The siliques are 7-8 mm long, elliptic and glabrous. Flowers from May to July

Endemic to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus, from 1300 m altitude to the highest summit of Hionistra.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photos Troodos 12/6/2013 by George Konstantinou

















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