Cerinthe retorta Sm.
Synonymy
Taxon info
Cerinthe retorta is a characteristic annual discovered by Sibthorp, probably in Peloponnisos, and subsequently illustrated on Plate 171 of Flora Graeca. It occurs in the W & S Balkan Peninsula and locally in NW Turkey, growing in seasonally damp rock ledges and calcareous hillslopes, in olive groves and as a roadside weed at 0–900 m.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. 326 [Plate 5.9]
Distribution
GR(IoI NPi SPi Pe StE EC NC NE WAe KK)
Greece (East Central Greece present; Ionian Islands present; Kriti and Karpathos present; North Central Greece present; North Pindos present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; South Pindos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)
