CREPIS SIBTHORPIANA
Family:- COMPOSITAE/Sect. CREPIS
Common Names:- None
Synonyms:- Hieracioides sibthorpianum, Hieracium foetidum.
Meaning:- Crepis (Gr) A name used by Greek philosopher Theophrastus.
Sibthorpiana (L) For professor Humphrey Sibthorp (1713-97, of
Oxford, and his son John (1758-97), English botanist.
General description:- Perennials.
Stems:-
1) 3-12 cm, with 3-4 short, divaricate branches.
Leaves:-
1) Canescent-tomentose or glabrous.
2) Basal 2-6 x 0·5-1·3 cm, oblanceolate, acute to obtuse, narrowed at
base, runcinate-dentate or pinnatifid, terminal segment irregular,
lateral segments triangular-acute.
3) Cauline few, small, the lower like the basal or bract-like.
Flowers:-
1) Capitula few.
2) Involucre 9-10 x 5-7 mm.
3) Bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, obtuse.
a) outer c.1/3 as long as the inner, densely canescent-tomentose,
pubescent on the inner face.
b) inner, sometimes with a dorsal row of short black setae, glabrous or
pubescent within.
4) Ligules with corolla up to 12-15 mm long, yellow above, purplish-red beneath.
Fruit:-
1) Achenes 4·7-5 ? 0·8 mm, brown, fusiform, slightly attenuate at the apex, 10-
ribbed.
Key features:-
1) Involucre less than 14 mm.
2) Outer involucral bracts not more than 1/3 as long as the inner.
3) Involucre 9-10 mm, densely canescent-tomentose.
Habitat:- Calcareous cliffs, crevices, ledges & rocky slopes 1400-2450 m.
Distribution:- Endemic to the Lefka Ori and Psiloritis massifs.
Flowering time:- June-Sept
Photos by:- Philippa Dean
Status:-
Conservation status (for threatened species): Vulnerable (V) according
to the Red Data Book of Rare and Threatened Plants of Greece (1995).
Protection status (for threatened species): Greek Presidential Decree 67/1981.
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