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Alupon

Globularia alypum

Photo by Tony Fait
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Field Notes

Description:

Small shrub with blue daisy-like flowers about 3cm across. Leaves hard approximately 3cm long with a wedge-shaped tip.

Habitat:

Growing on stony road cutting on outskirts of village/edge of pine forest at around 100m elevation.

Notes:

I'm not 100% sure about this identification. 'Alupon' is the name used by Dioscorides for this plant.(Dioscorides 4.180 in Hellmut Baumann 'Greek Wild Flowers')

Reference Links:

Globularia (Globularia alypum) - Information on Globularia

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PublishedApril 17, 2015

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