NOCCAEA CRETICA

Family and Genus:- See- CRUCIFERAE

Common Name:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- Thlaspi creticum, Thlaspi graecum subsp. creticum,

Thlaspi microphyllum subsp. creticum.

Meaning:- Noccaea, meaning unknown.

Cretica (L) From Crete, Cretan.

General description:- Dwarf, laxly caespitose, glabrous perennial.

Stems:-

1) 1.5-5 cm tall.

Leaves:-

1) Basal, petiolate.

2) Blade, elliptic-obovate, entire or denticulate.

3) Cauline, sessile, ovate-oblong.

Flowers:-

1) Raceme, very short, scarcely elongating in fruit.

2) Petals, 3.5-4 mm, broadly linear to narrowly obovate, white.

3) Anthers, usually violet.

4) Style c. 0.5 mm.

Fruit:-

1) Siliculae, c. 6 mm, obovate, narrowly winged. apical notch very shallow.

Key features:-

1) Petals, 3.5-4 mm

2) Style, up to 0.5 mm,

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Habitat:- Rocky limestone slopes, rock ledges, seasonally damp screes and

dolines, 1400-2000 m.

Distribution:- A Cretan endemic, restricted to the three main mountain massifs;

related to N. graeca and N. microphylla from Peloponnisos and the Greek mainland.

Flowering time:- Late April to early June..

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