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Mediterranean Bindweed

Cressa cretica

Description:

"Cressa cretica is a densely branching subshrub growing to a height of about 38 cm (15 in). The leaves are small, stubby, obtuse and clad in silky hairs. The flowers grow in groups in the axils of the upper leaves and are white; the back of the reflexed corolla lobes are hairy near the tip. The fruits are ovoid, pointed capsules, usually containing a single seed." ~ wiki

Habitat:

coastal desert plain

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2 Comments

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 7 years ago

Thanks, Ori!

Ori Fragman-Sapir
Ori Fragman-Sapir 7 years ago

Cressa cretica

Bernadette S
Spotted by
Bernadette S

دهب, جنوب سيناء, Egypt

Spotted on May 28, 2012
Submitted on Feb 3, 2017

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