Fibigia clypeata is an Asian species of flowering plant of the genus Fibigia in the family Brassicaceae. It is distributed throughout Greece, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey, where it flowers between February and April.Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1867. Flora Orientalis 1: 258 as Fibigia obovata.Schenk, Joseph August 1840. Plantarum species...Aegyptum, Arabiam et Syriam...G.H. Schubert 42
This plant is found in abundance and is native to the Shouf Biosphere Reserve in Lebanon. Its common Arabic name is بتلة كالمرساة. Its common English name is False-gypsophila ankyropetalum. Its common French name is Ankyropetale fausse- gypsophylle.
It is a drought-tolerant perennial suitable for xeriscaping.
Subdivisions Three subdivisions – two subspecies and one variety – are accepted. Fibigia clypeata subsp. anatolica Fibigia clypeata subsp. clypeata Fibigia clypeata var. eriocarpa
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