APHANES FLORIBUNDA

Family and Genus:- See- ROSACEAE

Common Names:- Flowering Parsley-piert

Homotypic Synonyms:- Alchemilla floribunda

Meaning:- Aphanes (Gr) Inconspicuous, unnoticed.

Floribunda (L) Abounding in flowers, flowering freely

General description:- Rather robust, usually greyish-green, hairy. annual.

Stems:-

1) Up to 15 cm. erect, rather robust, densely leafy.

Leaves:-

1) Sessile, more or less 3-fid.

a) segment, each 2- to 3-lobed.

2) Lower, with short petioles.

3) Stipules, large, not or scarcely imbricate, concealing the flowers.

a) lobes, triangular, clearly adnate to the base of the leaf and forming an

amplexicaul cup.

Flowers:-

1) Inflorescence, more or less sessile.

1) Fruiting hypanthium, (incl. sepals) 2.7-3.4 mm.

2) Sepals, erecto-patent.

Key features:-

1) Lower leaves, petiolate.

2) Stipules, not or scarcely imbricate.

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Habitat:- Limestone screes and rock ledges, patches of meadow, dolines, 500-

1200 m.

Distribution:- A few recent records from the W. of Crete and Rodos, perhaps

overlooked elsewhere -Widespread but scattered in the Mediterranean region,

distribution uncertain.

Flowering time:- In May

Photos by:- A.N. Other