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Troodos rockcress

Arabis kennedyae

Troodos rockcress
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Part shade
Native range
W. Cyprus
Climate
temperate

About

Arabis kennedyae, the Troodos rockcress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is endemic to Cyprus. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Where it grows

The Troodos rockcress is endemic to the central Troodos and Tripylos mountains on the island of Cyprus. It inhabits semi-shaded, open rocky areas at the edges of forests or near streams with golden oak and Calabrian pine. It is found at elevations of 1200–1400 m.

Other Arabis plants

Waldo rockcress · Arabis allionii · Alpine rockcress · Armenian Rock-Cress · Annual Rockcress · Rose rockcress · Gray Rockcress · Arabis cypria · Gray Rockcress · Hairy rockcress · Kazbegian Rock-cress · MacDonald rockcress

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

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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