Kingdom Plantae Family Boraginaceae Rank Species | Order (unplaced) Genus Cynoglossum | |
Cynoglossum troodi, Troodos hound's tongue is an erect, perennial herb, 10-25 cm high, with branched stems covered with stiff hairs. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, stalkless, oblong to lanceolate, densely hairy, the basal in tufts, 2-5 x 0.5-1 cm, the upper sparse and smaller. Flowers actinomorphic in cymose inflorescences, very small, corolla brick-red, tubular, 5-lobed. Flowers May-August. Fruit of 4 nutlets with rigid spinules.
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Habitat
In Pinus nigra ssp. pallasiana and Juniperus foetidissima forests on serpentine in Troödos forest at 1500-1950 m altitude.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus, common on the higher parts of the Troödos forest, Khionistra, Prodromos, Chromion, Troödos square and Kryos Potamos.
References
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