''Thlaspi cyprium'', the Cyprus penny-cress, is a
perennial
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
herb, flowering from February to May.
[The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ]
Habitat
Moist rocky slopes and near streams on igneous rocks at 900–1900 m altitudes.
Distribution
Endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
, very common in the
Troödos forest, but occurs in other areas as well: Khionistra,
Prodromos, Kryos Potamos, Almyrolivadho, Pashia Livadhi, Papoutsa,
Saranti,
Lagoudhera
Lagoudera ( el, Λαγουδερά; tr, Lagudera) is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located near Chandria.
Lagoudera village is about 50 km from Nicosia under Madari peak, the islands second highest peak on the Troodos mountai ...
, Platania, Kionia.
References
* Flora of Cyprus Volume 1, Robert Desmond Meikle, Bentham-Moxon Trust, The Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1985,
* The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998,
External links
* http://botany.cz/en/thlaspi-cyprium/
* http://www.natureofcyprus.org/uploadimages/Thlaspicyprium600450endem.jpg
* http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-100359067
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Brassicaceae
Endemic flora of Cyprus