BOLANTHUS CREUTZBERGII subsp. CREUTZBERGII

Family and Genus:- See- CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Common Name:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- None

Meaning:- Bolanthus Meaning uncertain.

Creutzburgii (L) After Nikolaus Creutzburg. German geographer.

General description:- A dwarf, laxly caespitose perennial, with a woody base. The

whole plant densly hairy with some longer, glandular and eglandular hairs.

Stems:-

1) 1.5-6 cm. ascending to erect.

Leaves:-

1) 2-5 x 0·5-1·5 mm spatulate to oblanceolate.

Flowers:-

1) In capitate clusters or forked, axis dichotomous, with one flower per node.

2) Bracts, leaf-like, ± equalling the calyx.

a) pedicel, very short.

3) Calyx, 2.5-4 mm, ellipsoid.

a) tube, 5-ribbed.

b) teeth, narrowly triangular.

4) Petals, linear-spathulate, somewhat exceeding the calyx, white with a deep

purple transverse stripe near the middle or base.

Fruit:-

1) Capsule, equalling the calyx.

2) Seeds, c. 1 mm, comma-shaped, black, minutely papillose.

Key features:-

1) Stems, not more than 6 cm.

2) Calyx, 4-6 mm, tubular.

3) Petals, linear-spathulate.

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Habitat:- Rocky limestone slopes and screes. (800-)1600-2000 m.

Distribution:- Endemic to the Lefka Ori and Psiloritis Massifs. Rare.

Flowering time:- May-July.

Photos by:- Zacharias Angourakis

Status:-

Conservation status (for threatened species): Vulnerable (V) according to IUCN

1997.

Protection status (for threatened species): Greek Presidential Decree 67/1981