Minuartia sintenisii

Minuartia sintenisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Minuartia
Species: M. sintenisii
Binomial name
Minuartia sintenisii
(H.Lindb.) Rech.f.

Minuartia sintenisii, common name Troodos sandwort, is a dwarf annual, with few erect stems. Leaves linear-subulate, opposite. Sepals with a very narrow-hyaline margin. Petals up to 12 mm long, white, entire or slightly emarginate.[1]

Distribution

It is an endemic of the summits of the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus. Flowers from April to June.

References

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


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