Anthemis plutonia

Anthemis plutonia, Troödos chamomile, is a pilose perennial herb in the sunflower family found only in Cyprus. It often forms intricate mats with prostrate stems 5–20 cm long. Small bipinnatisect leaves. Capitula 15–20 mm in diameter, with pink rarely creamy-white tubular florets. Suborbicular ray-florets white, rarely pink.[2][3]

Anthemis plutonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Anthemideae
Genus:
Anthemis
Species:
A. plutonia
Binomial name
Anthemis plutonia
Synonyms[1]
  • Anthemis artemisioides (Holmboe) Chrtek & B.Slavík
  • Anthemis topaliana Beauverd

Habitat

Very common in dry igneous hillsides with sparse vegetation, vineyards, roadsides in the Troödos Mountains and Stavrovouni, where it grows from 250 m altitude up to the highest peaks at 1950 m.[2]

Distribution

An endemic of Cyprus where it is restricted to the Troödos range: Stavros Psokas, Prodromos, Khionistra, Kryos Potamos, The Troödos forest, Palekhori, Makheras and Stavrovouni. Flowers March–July.[4]

References
  1. The Plant List, Anthemis plutonia Meikle
  2. 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
  3. Meikle, Robert Desmond 1983. Annales Musei Goulandris 6: 88
  4. Wild flowers of Cyprus, George Sfikas, Efstathiadis Group S.A. 1993 Anixi, Attikis, Greece. ISBN 960 226 266 4
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