Omphalodes luciliae Boiss.

Omphalodes luciliae Boiss.

Synonymy

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    Taxon info

    Omphalodes luciliae grows in shady crevices of limestone cliffs at high altitude on a few Greek mountains, southwards to Chelmos. It is a very attractive rock plant with slightly glaucous leaves and flowers a delicate shade of light blue. Greek plants are referable to subsp. scopulorum. Other subspecies occur throughout Anatolia to N Iraq and W Iran.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. 328 [Plate 6.2]

    Distribution

    GR(Pe StE NC NE

    Greece (North Central Greece present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; Sterea Ellas present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    East Mediterranean

    Life-form

    Hemicryptophyte

    Habitat

    Cliffs, rocks, walls, ravines, boulders

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    Yes

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