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A plant from Botany.cz.


The flowers by  G. Zarkos.


An exposed plant by Arne Strid.

Author: 

Arne Strid, 2009

Family: 

BERBERIDACEAE

Origin: 

Greece

Soil: 

Limestone

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Medium

Thickness: 

3 Centimetres

Height: 

12 Centimetres

Flower: 

Golden Yellow

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

-

Synonyms: 

Gymnospermium altaicum subsp. peloponnesiacum Phitos, 2002.

This member of the Berberidaceae family was given this name by Arne Strid in 2009. It is found in southern Greece, growing in a well drained limestone soil with some water and some sun. The corm can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to twelve centimetres in height. The flowers are golden yellow.

The genera name from the Greek gymnos; 'naked' and Latin sperma; 'seed', referring to the unripe seeds which are exposed when the membranous pericarp splits
The species name after Peloponnese; the peninsular, making up half of Greece.


A caudex from Botany.cz.


The leaves from Botany.cz.