SPECIES DESCRIPTION
APHANES ARVENSIS
Including:- Aphanes minutiflora
Family and Genus:- See- ROSACEAE
Common Names:- Parsley piert
Homotypic Synonyms:- Aphanes vulgaris
Meaning:- Aphanes (Gr) Inconspicuous, unnoticed.
Arvensis (L) Of the cultivated field, of ploughed fields.
General description:- Procumbent annual, usually branched from the base,
sparsely villous throughout;
Stems:-
1) 3-15 cm, ascending, usually much-branched from the base.
Leaves:-
1) Deeply 3-fid, the segments divided at the apex into 3-5 oblong lobes.
2) Petiole, short, adnate to the stipules.
3) Stipules, broad, amplexicaul but usually not imbricate, with 5-7 triangular lobes.
Flowers:-
1) Small, greenish, in leaf-opposed, subsessile glomerules.
2) Sepals, 4, somewhat spreading, alternating with minute epicalyx scales.
3) Petals, lacking.
4) Stamen, solitary.
5) Fruiting hypanthium, (incl. persistent sepals) 2.0-2.6 mm.
Habitat:- Dry open shrubby vegetation, scrubland vegetation , cultivated and fallow
fields, olive grove, open woodland. 0-1100 m. occasionally to 1700 m. in dolines.
Distribution:- Throughout Greece. - Widespread in Europe and SW Asia. Fairly
widespread on Crete, except the far east.
Flowering time:- Apr-June, sometimes later.
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APHANES MINUTIFLORA Back to Top
Homotypic Synonyms:- Aphanes australis, Aphanes microcarpa.
Meaning:- Minutiflora - (L) With very small flowers.
Resembling Aphanes arvensis, but differing in the following characters.
1) Lobes of the stipules oblong.
2) Leaflet segments,1-3-lobed.
3) Hypanthium, less than 2 mm.
Habitat:- Dry meadows, open scrub, field margins, gorges,0-1100 m.
Distribution:- A few records from N & C mainland Greece. - widespread but ~ scattered in the Mediterranean region. Rare on Crete, currently known from only one location, (see map)
Flowering time:- Late March to May.
Homotypic Synonyms:- Aphanes australis, Aphanes microcarpa.
Meaning:- Minutiflora - (L) With very small flowers.
Resembling Aphanes arvensis, but differing in the following characters.
1) Lobes of the stipules oblong.
2) Leaflet segments,1-3-lobed.
3) Hypanthium, less than 2 mm.
Habitat:- Dry meadows, open scrub, field margins, gorges,0-1100 m.
Distribution:- A few records from N & C mainland Greece. - widespread but ~ scattered in the Mediterranean region. Rare on Crete, currently known from only one location, (see map)
Flowering time:- Late March to May.
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