Potentilla kionaea Halácsy
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]