ANDRYALA INTEGRIFOLIA
Family and Genus:- See- COMPOSITAE
Common Names:- None
Homotypic Synonyms:- Andryala corymbosa, Andryala integrifolia var.
corymbosa.
Meaning:- Andryala Of uncertain etymology.
Integrifolia (L) With entire leaves.
General description:- Greyish-tomentose annual.
Stems:-
1) 12-80 cm, sparingly to much-branched, with sparse to dense stellate and short
simple eglandular hairs.
Leaves:-
1) 20-80 x 3-30 mm, linear, oblanceolate, lanceolate or ovate, obtuse to acute,
entire to pinnatisect.
2) Lower, usually narrowed at the base.
3) Upper, usually broader and sometimes semi-amplexicaul.
4) Basal, usually few.
5) Cauline, numerous, sometimes aggregated towards the base.
Flowers:-
1) Capitula, few to numerous.
2) Involucre, 7-11 x 5-10 mm.
3) Bracts, linear-lanceolate, obtuse to acute, with dense stellate and short simple
eglandular hairs and longer glandular hairs.
Fruit:- Achenes, c. 1·5 mm
Key features:-
1) Involucre, 7-11 x 5-10 mm, with numerous glandular hairs.
Habitat:- Maritime sand, streambeds, abandoned fields and ruderal habitats. 0-200
m. occasionally in dry open shrubby vegetation up to 900 m.
Distribution:- In Greece almost restricted to the Aegean area. - Mediterranean
region and SW Europe, eastwards to SW Anatolia. Very rare on Crete currently
known only from the area north of Matala
Flowering time:- End of Apr to mid-June.
Photos by:- Kind permission of Saxifraga - Free Nature Images
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