Leontice leontopetalum L.

Leontice leontopetalum L.

Synonymy

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    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)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Mediterranean-SW Asian

    Life-form

    Hemicryptophyte

    Habitat

    Agricultural and Ruderal habitats

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

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