Syn.: Anthemis cypricola H. Lindb.
Family: Asteraceae Bercht. et J. Presl
Distribution: Endemic species of Cyprus, common in many lowland areas of the island.
Ecology: It grows on dry stony and rocky habitats, or at margins of forests, mostly on limestone, from the coast to elevations of 850 m. It blooms from February to May.
Description: A perennial spreading herb with angular, hairy stems growing to 10–40 cm long. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, 1–2-pinnatisect, the segments are narrowly lanceolate to linear, greyish, densely hairy. Flower heads are single, relatively large, ray florets are white, disk florets are tubular, pink. The fruit is an achene without a pappus.
These images were taken in Cyprus, British Sovereign Base Area of Akrotiri, south from the salt lake (28. 3. 2010).
