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MaltaWildPlants.com by Stephen Mifsud |
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Putoria calabrica (Stinking Madder) |
Putoria calabrica (RUBIACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Putoria calabrica(L. fil.) DC.
Published in (L. fil.) DC., Prodr. 4: 577 (1830) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Rubiaceae
Juss. (The Bedstraw Family) 14 species from the Rubiaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Stinking Madder |
Maltese name(s) : |
Putorja |
Status for Malta : |
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Nano-Phanerophyte ( small trees to large shrubs, usually <5 m )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Protected by law: Schedule VI of [S.L. 549.44] (strictly protected species) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
May – June |
Colour of Flowers: |
Violet or Pink |
Name Derivation : |
Putoria:
calabrica:
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Description, Habitat and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Rocks and river gravels. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Much branched, forming mats up to 1 m in diameter, foetid, glabrous to densely puberulent. Leaves 10-20 x c. 3 mm, obovate to elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse with revolute margin; stipules c. 1 mm, ovate. Corolla 10-15 mm, pink, the lobes 3-4 mm, linear-lanceolate. Fruit c. 5 mm, black. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=22 |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region. |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Crete, Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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? AE(G) Ag Al Cr Ct Cy Gr Hs(S) IJ It Li Ma Si(M S) Tn Tu(A) |
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