Minuartia sintenisii

Minuartia sintenisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Minuartia
Species:	M. sintenisii
Binomial name
Minuartia sintenisii (H.Lindb.) Rech.f.

Minuartia sintenisii, common name Troodos sandwort, is a dwarf annual, with few erect stems. Leaves linear-subulate, opposite. Sepals with a very narrow-hyaline margin. Petals up to 12 mm long, white, entire or slightly emarginate.^[1]

Distribution

It is an endemic of the summits of the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus. Flowers from April to June.

References

1. Wild flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas, Efstathiadis Group S.A. 1993 Anixi, Attikis, Greece. ISBN 960 226 266 4

External links

• https://www.gbif.org/species/3811183
• http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/k000742130
• http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2369687
• http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=101805&PTRefFk=7200000
• https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Minuartia_sintenisii