Petromarula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Subfamily: | Campanuloideae |
Genus: |
Petromarula Vent. ex R.Hedw. |
Species: | P. pinnata
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Binomial name | |
Petromarula pinnata (L.) A.DC.
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Petromarula is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. There is only one known species, Petromarula pinnata, endemic to the island of Crete in the Mediterranean. [1] [2] The name "Petromarula" means "rock lettuce" in Greek, a reference to the plant's traditional use in salads. [3]
Petromarula pinnata is a robust, medium to tall perennial, minutely hairy above. Leaves mostly in a large basal rosette, pinnate to pinnately-lobed, the lower long-stalked; leaflets oval to oblong, coarsely toothed. Flowers pale blue, 9–10 mm, borne in large rather narrow panicles; corolla with 5 spreading to recurved linear lobes. Capsule opening by 3 pores in the middle. Flowers April–May. [4]
Rock crevices, cliffs and old walls.