Dittrichia viscosa subsp. angustifolia
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As Latin “viscosa” means, Dittrichia viscosa is a sticky plant and extremely drought tolerant. There are two species of Dittrichia in Cyprus. Viscosa is a very common autumn plant, it is encountered all around Cyprus at an altitude of up to 1525 metres. The differences with the other, Dittrichia graveolens found in Cyprus are the following: Viscosa has a capitula 1-2 cm in diameter, graveolens has less than 1 cm. Viscosa’ s ligules are 6-7 mm long, graveolens’s are 3-3.5 long. Viscosa has lanceolate leaves, graveolens has linear to linear-oblanceolate leaves. Viscosa is a perennial with woody base, graveolens is a slender annual plant. Finally, graveolens doesn’t grow in the largest part of the Limassol region. Viscosa blooms between August and November. It grows on roadsides, waste ground, stony hillsides, wet places and along river banks.