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Roman Shields

Fibigia clypeata

Roman Shields
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
E. Medit. to W. Asia
Climate
subtropical

About

Fibigia clypeata is an Asian species of flowering plant of the genus Fibigia in the family Brassicaceae. It is distributed throughout Greece, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey, where it flowers between February and April.

This plant is found in abundance and is native to the Shouf Biosphere Reserve in Lebanon. Its common Arabic name is بتلة كالمرساة. Its common English name is False-gypsophila ankyropetalum. Its common French name is Ankyropetale fausse- gypsophylle.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fibigia clypeata 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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