Bupleurum sintenisii

Bupleurum sintenisii is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.[1] It is referred to by the common name dwarf hare's ear, and is an annual herb, 1–5 cm high, hairless and glaucous. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, linear, 10-20 x 0.5-1.5 mm. The inconspicuous flowers are yellowish to brownish and crowded in umbels. Flowers from May to July. The fruit is a dry schizocarp, covered by hooded bristles.

Bupleurum sintenisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Bupleurum
Species:
B. sintenisii
Binomial name
Bupleurum sintenisii
Synonyms[1]

Bupleurum rigoi Huter
Glochidopleurum sintenisii (Asch. & Urb. ex Huter) Koso-Pol.

Habitat

It grows in dry rocky sites with sparse garigue vegetation at 100–200 m altitude.

Distribution

It is endemic to Cyprus where it occurs around Nicosia (Athalassa) and the area Pergamos-Troulli. It has also been recorded in the Akhna area.

References
  1. "Bupleurum sintenisii Asch. & Urb. ex Huter". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  • The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2


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