ROSULARIA SERRATA

Family:- CRASSULACEAE

Common Names:- None

Synonyms:- Cotyledon serrata, Orostachys serrata, Umbilicus serratus

Meaning:- Rosularia (L) Little-rose-like, reference to the leaf rosettes.

Serrata (L) Edged with forward pointing teeth, serrate.

General description:- Herbaceous perennial.

Stems:-

1) Simple, glabrous.

Leaves:-

1) 10-30 x 5-8 mm, oblong-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, glabrous; margin

cartilaginous, verrucose-denticulate or almost entire.

2) Peduncles 10-18 cm, ascending, hairy above.

Flowers:-

1) Flowers 6-8 mm, pedicellate, in narrow panicles.

2) Corolla pale purplish-red to whitish, tubular-campanulate, with erect, lanceolate,

acuminate lobes somewhat longer than the tube.

3) Styles slender, straight.

Fruit:-

1) Follicles.

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Habitat:- Crevices and ledges of limestone cliffs, stone walls of buildings, in

exposed or semi-shaded places. 0-1000 m. (occasionally to 1900 m).

Distribution:- Crete and Karpathos, E. Aegean, S. Turkey, Kythera and

Peloponnisos. Widespread on Crete, but not too common.

Flowering time:- Apr-June.

Photos by:- Steve Lenton