Rosularia cypria is a tufted perennial with grey-green, sticky-downy spoon-shaped fleshy leaves, 3–4 cm long, in a loose rosette above an often bare basal trunk; flowering stems to 20 cm, carrying a few more similar leaves; flowers in terminal sprays to 12 cm long with leaf like bracts of diminishing size; calyx densely glandular with 5 deep-cut, broad, lobes forming a 5-angled pyramid; corolla-lobes white, recurved, 8–10 mm long with slender points; fruits comprising 5 papery, many-seeded follicles, circa 4 mm. Flowers from April to July. Common name Kıbrıs Göbekotu.An Illustrated Flora of North Cyprus by D. E. Viney, Published by Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein, Germany, 1994,
Habitat Frequent on limestone cliffs and walls, usually north-facing, at middle-to-high altitudes.
Distribution Along the Kyrenia Range from Lapta to Yayla. Endemic to Northern Cyprus.
References
External links http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-8903147 http://www.natureofcyprus.org/uploadimages/Rosulariacypria600450st.jpg http://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/304434-Holmboe_Rosularia_cypria-Plants-Northern_Cyprus