LOBULARIA ARABICA

Family and Genus:- See- CRUCIFERAE

Common Names:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- Alyssum arabicum, Koniga arabica, Koniga maritima

var. arabica.

Meaning:- Lobularia (Gr) Small-pod

Arabica (L) Of Arabia, Arabian

General description:- Annuals.

Stems:-

1) 10-30 cm tall; whole plant grey, with mediflxed, bifurcate hairs.

Leaves:-

1) Simple, lanceolate to oblanceolate, entire.

Flowers:-

1) Inflorescence, an ebracteate raceme.

2) Pedicels, erecto-patent, slender, 4-10 mm in fruit.

3) Petals, 1.5-2 mm, tapering into claw.

Fruit:-

1) Silicula, compressed, latiseptate 2-3.5 mm, obovoid to suborbicular.

a) valves slightly inflated.

3) Seeds, 1-2 in each loculus. lens-shaped.

Key features:-

1) Petals, 1.5-2 mm, tapering into claw.

2) Seeds, 1-2 in each loculus. lens-shaped.

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Habitat:- Sandy fields and other open, dry habitats, often near the sea. 0-400(-900)

Distribution:- A N. African element occurring from Libya to Palastine. Recently

discovered on Crete. Not known elsewhere in Greece or Europe.

Flowering time:- During April

Photos by:- Ori Fragman-Sapir Flora of Israel & Saxafraga