CARRICHTERA ANNUA

Family and Genus:- See- CRUCIFERAE

Common Name:- None

Homotypic Synonym:- Carrichtera vella, Vella annua.

Meaning:- Carrichtera (L) For Bartholmaeus Carrichter physician.

Annua (L) Annual.

General description:- Annual.

Stems:-

1) 5-40(-60) cm, branched from the base, with setiform deflexed hairs; hairs and

branches pungent in fruit.

Leaves:-

1) 2- or 3-pinnatisect with obtuse, linear segments.

Flowers:-

1) Raceme, with 10-15(-20) flowers.

2) Petals, 6-8 mm, pale yellow, violet-veined.

Fruit:-

1) Silicula, 5-8 mm, deflexed or patent, on pedicels 2-3 mm; lower segment

bilocular.

2) Seeds, 3 or 4 in each loculus.

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Habitat:- Sandy and rocky coastal habitats, stony hillslopes in pinus halepensis,

woodland, archaeological sites. 0-120 m.

Distribution:- In Greece restricted to the Aegean region. Otherwise widespread, but

scattered in the Mediterranean region, eastwards to Iran. Rare on Crete, known

from only a few scattered locations on the S coast and Chysi island.

Flowering time:- Mar-June.

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