CHLAMYDOPHORA TRIDENTATA

Family and Genus:- See- COMPOSITAE

Common Name:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- Balsamita tridentata, Cotula tridentat, Matricaria

tridentata, Plagius uliginosus, Tanacetum uliginosum.

Meaning:- Chlamydophora(Gr)

Tridentata (L) With 3 teeth.

General description:- Glabrous annual.

Stem:-

1) Usually 60-100 cm tall, sparsely arachnoid-tomentose, branched above, with

spiny wings.

Leaves:-

1) Somewhat fleshy, Linear-oblanceolate, entire or toothed, often 3-dentate near the

apex.

Flowers:-

1) Capitula, long-pedunculate, discoid, c.10 mm in diam.

2) Florets, yellow, all hermaphrodite.

3) Receptacle, without scales.

4) Involucre, hemispherical.

5) Bracts, c. 2 mm, oblong, rounded at apex, broadly scarious.

Fruit:-

1) Achenes, 1-1.5 mm, fusiform, ribbed, shortly pedicellate, dark brown with whitish

ribs and an oblique corona about as long as the achene.

Key features:-

1) Receptacle, without scales.

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Habitat:- Salt-marshes and Other habitats in the eptlittoral zone, occasionally

along roads some distance inland. up to 200m

Distribution:- In Greece confined to the Aegean area. - Cyprus, Palestine and N

Africa; an example of the N African element in the flora of the SE Aegean area.

Rare on Crete currently known only from the islands of Koufonisi, Chrisi and Gavdos

Flowering time:- Feb-May.

Photos by:- An Other