MYOSOTIS SOLANGE

Family:- BORAGINACEAE

Common Names:- None

Synonyms:- None

Meaning:- Myosotis (Gr) Mouse-ear, A name used by the Greek physician and

botanist Dioscorides.

Solange Meaning uncertain.

General description:- Laxly caespitose perennial with several sterile shoots.

Stem:-

a) 5-15 cm.

b) ascending.

c) appressed-pubescent.

Leaves:-

1) Lower:

a) narrowly obovate-spathulate.

b) with straight, patent hairs 0.5-1 mm long.

Flower:-

1) Calyx:

a) divided to at least 2/3, with straight, subappressed hairs throughout and patent

hooked hairs towards the base.

2) Corolla limb:

a) 3-4 mm diam.

b) flat, pale blue with a yellow centre.

Fruit:-

Key features:-

1) Small perennial 5-15 cm tall.

Habitat:- Damp screes at the bases of limestone cliffs at c. 2100 m.

Distribution:- A rare local endemic, known only from a small area in the Lefka Ori.

Flowering time:- June-July.

Photos by:- Giorgos Palimetakis