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Bassia scoparia (Summer Cypress) |
Bassia scoparia (AMARANTHACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Bassia scoparia(L.) A. J. Scott
Published in (L.) A.J. Scott, loc. cit. (1978) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae
Juss. (The Amaranth Family)
42 species from the Amaranthaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Summer Cypress, Kochia | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Introduced plants cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes but sometimes can be occassionaly found as an escapee close to the site of their original cultivation | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Jul-Oct | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Widely cultivated for its ornamental foliage |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Agricultural areas, sometimes escaping in the vicinity |
Botanical Description: |
Erect annual 20-150 cm. Leaves up to 50 mm, flat, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 1- or 3-veined. Fruiting perianth 3-4 mm, pubescent, with ovate, obtuse segments; wing very short or reduced to a tubercle. 2n = 18. |
Distributional range: |
Naturalized in C., E. & S. Europe, but perhaps native in S. and E. Russia. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Russia and former USSR,C E Introduced in Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, Bulgaria, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Poland, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part), Temperate Asia |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A) Ar Ct Cy Gg dGr Hs(S) Lu dRf(C E K N NW) Rf(S) dSy Tu(A) dUk(K) [aAg nAl nAu(A) Bl aBl(N) Br nBu nBy Ca(C F T) Co nCr nCs nCt aDa aEs aFe nGa(F) nGe nGr aHb(E) nHe Ho nHs(S) nHu Ir nIt Jo nJu aLa aLi Lt nLu nMa nMk Mo aNo nPo nRf(C) Rf(E K NW) aRf(N) nRm nSi(M S) nSk nSl nSr aSu nTu(E) Uk nUk(K U)] |
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