Petromarula
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Petromarula_pinnata_2008.jpg
|display_parents = 2
|genus = Petromarula
|parent_authority = Vent. ex R.Hedw.
|species = pinnata
|authority = (L.) A.DC.
|synonyms =
- Phyteuma pinnatum L.
- Petromarula pinnata var. pubescens A.DC.
- Petromarula oxyloba Gand.
- Petromarula pinnata f. oxyloba (Gand.) Hayek
}}
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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=355685 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The name "Petromarula" means "rock lettuce" in Greek, a reference to the plant's traditional use in salads.[http://www.west-crete.com/flowers/petromarula_pinnata.htm West Crete flowers, rock lettuce, Petromarula pinnata]
Description
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.Mediterranean Wild Flowers, Marjorie Blamey & Christopher Grey-Wilson, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, {{ISBN|0 00 219901 7}}
Habitat
Rock crevices, cliffs and old walls.
Gallery
File:Katholikon - Klostergebäude - Pflanze 3.jpg
File:Petromarula pinnata - Blüten.jpg
File:Petromarula pinnata.jpg
File:Petromarula pinnata pm.jpg
References
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External links
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- [http://www.cretanflora.com/petromarula_pinnata.html Cretan Flora, Petromarula pinnata]
- [http://www.flowersofchania.com/html/petromarula_pinnata__.html Flowers of Chania, Petromarula pinnata]
- [http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/349/ Dave's Garden, PlantFiles: Cretan Wall-Lettuce Petromarula pinnata]
- [http://www.cretanvista.com/Galleryflowers6/Flower022.htm Cretan Vista, Flowers of Northwest Crete, Bellflower, Petromarula pinnata]
- [http://www.first-nature.com/flowers/petromarula_pinnata.php First Nature, Petromarula pinnata - Rock Lettuce]
- [http://biodiversitysitia.gr/petromarula-pinnata/ Biodiversity Sitia, Βιοποικιλότητα Δήμου Σητείας | Petromarula pinnata Πετρομάρουλο ]
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Category:Endemic flora of Crete
Category:Monotypic Campanulaceae genera
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