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Odontarrhena troodi

Alyssum troodi

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Safety
Not toxic to cats or dogs (ASPCA).

About

Odontarrhena troodi is a 10–25 cm (3.9–9.8 in) high perennial subshrub. The leaves are 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long, obovate to spatulate in shape, covered with a silvery indumentum. Flowering and sterile shoots are found on the same plant; on sterile shoots the leaves form terminal clusters. Flowers have 3 mm (0.12 in) long golden-yellow petals. The siliques are 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long, elliptic and glabrous. The plant flowers from May to July.

Where it grows

Odontarrhena troodi is endemic to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus, from 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) elevation to the highest summit of Hionistra.

Other Odontarrhena plants

Odontarrhena chondrogyna · Odontarrhena lesbiaca · Odontarrhena bertolonii · Alyssum Of Lebanon · Alyssum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Odontarrhena troodi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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