''Rosularia cypria'' is a tufted perennial with grey-green, sticky-downy spoon-shaped fleshy leaves, 3–4 cm long, in a loose rosette above an often bare basal trunk; flowering stems to 20 cm, carrying a few more similar leaves; flowers in terminal sprays to 12 cm long with leaf like bracts of diminishing size; calyx densely glandular with 5 deep-cut, broad, lobes forming a 5-angled pyramid; corolla-lobes white, recurved, 8–10 mm long with slender points; fruits comprising 5 papery, many-seeded follicles, circa 4 mm. Flowers from April to July. Common name Kıbrıs Göbekotu.
[An Illustrated Flora of North Cyprus by D. E. Viney, Published by Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein, Germany, 1994, ]
Habitat
Frequent on limestone cliffs and walls, usually north-facing, at middle-to-high altitudes.
Distribution
Along the
Kyrenia Range
The Kyrenia Mountains ( el, Κερύνειο Όρος; tr, Girne Dağları) is a long, narrow mountain range that runs for approximately along the northern coast of the island of Cyprus. It is primarily made of hard crystalline limestone, w ...
from
Lapta to Yayla. Endemic to
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...
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References
External links
*http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-8903147
*http://www.natureofcyprus.org/uploadimages/Rosulariacypria600450st.jpg
*http://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/304434-Holmboe_Rosularia_cypria-Plants-Northern_Cyprus
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Endemic flora of Cyprus
Crassulaceae