Leontice leontopetalum L.
Synonymy
Taxon info
Leontice leontopetalum used to be a common weed of cereal fields in Greece and can still occasionally be found in some quantity, especially in NE Peloponnisos. The large tuber lies below the tilling depth of traditional agriculture. Flowering takes place in March and early April. The bladder-like fruit contains 1(or 2) large, globose seed(s). At maturity the infructescence breaks off and is dispersed as a tumbleweed, gradually releasing the seeds as the pericarp ruptures.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 5.7]
Distribution
GR(SPi Pe StE EC NE NAe WAe Kik KK EAe)
Greece (East Aegean islands present; East Central Greece present; Kiklades present; Kriti and Karpathos present; North Aegean islands present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; South Pindos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)