Biology:Alyssum chondrogynum

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Alyssum chondrogynum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Alyssum
Species:	A. chondrogynum
Binomial name
Alyssum chondrogynum B.L. Burtt

Alyssum chondrogynum 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.

Habitat

Rocky serpentinised slopes.

Distribution

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.

External links

• https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id47448/
• http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2632006
• http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/specimen_search.php?mode=details&id=60325
• http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=79935&PTRefFk=7200000

Wikidata ☰ Q15532066 entry