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Etymology of Dittrichia viscosa subspecies angustifolia: Dittrichia is a rare example in floral genus onomatology as it is named after German botanist Manfred Dittrich (1934-2016). Latin ''viscosa" means "viscous, sticky" and "angustifolia" means "narrow-leaved".
There are two Dittrichia subspecies in Cyprus (of the species graveolens and viscosa).
As Latin "viscosa" means, Dittrichia viscosa is a sticky plant and extremely drought tolerant. Viscosa is a very common autumn plant, it is encountered all around Cyprus at an altitude of up to 1525 metres. Viscosa blooms between August and November. It grows on roadsides, waste ground, stony hillsides, wet places and along river banks.
Dittrichia viscosa in Cyprus is called "konizos", which serves as a surname for several people.
How to identify Dittrichia viscosa subspecies angustifolia:
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 a woody base, graveolens is a slender annual plant.
