Potentilla kionaea Halácsy

Potentilla kionaea Halácsy

Synonymy

  • Potentilla apennina subsp. kionaea (Halácsy) Maire & Petitm.
  • =Fragariastrum kionaeum (Halácsy) Kechaykin & Shmakov
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Taxon info

Potentilla kionaea is a rare local endemic of Mt Giona, where it grows in crevices of limestone cliffs at high altitude and was first discovered by Halácsy in 1888. It is a woody-based, densely caespitose perennial, resembling the more widespread P. speciosa as well as P. deorum (an endemic of Mt Olimbos), but differing, e.g., in the small, silvery-sericeous leaves and reddish purple petals. [Photo by Panayotis Trigas.]A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 358 [Plate 21.4]

Distribution

GR(StE

Greece (Sterea Ellas present)

Status

Native / Range-Restricted

Chorology

Greek endemic

Life-form

Hemicryptophyte

Habitat

Cliffs, rocks, walls, ravines, boulders

IUCN category

Not Evaluated

Presidential Decree 67/81

Yes

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