Alyssum troodi

Alyssum troodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Alyssum
Species:	A. troodi
Binomial name
	Alyssum troodi; Boiss.
Synonyms[1]
	Alyssum coriaceum Nyár.;

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.[2]

Distribution

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

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References

"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 8 July 2014.
Wild flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas, Efstathiadis Group S.A. 1993 Anixi, Attikis, Greece. ISBN 960 226 266 4

External links

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[1] "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 8 July 2014.

[2] Wild flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas, Efstathiadis Group S.A. 1993 Anixi, Attikis, Greece. ISBN 960 226 266 4