Petromarula

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Petromarula_pinnata_2008.jpg

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|genus = Petromarula

|parent_authority = Vent. ex R.Hedw.

|species = pinnata

|authority = (L.) A.DC.

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|synonyms =

  • Phyteuma pinnatum L.
  • Petromarula pinnata var. pubescens A.DC.
  • Petromarula oxyloba Gand.
  • Petromarula pinnata f. oxyloba (Gand.) Hayek

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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.[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

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