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Matthiola crassifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Matthiola
Species:	M. crassifolia
Binomial name
	Matthiola crassifolia; Boiss. & Gaill.
Synonyms
	Hesperis integrifolia Kuntze

Matthiola crassifolia, the thick-leaved stock, is a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae.^[1]

Description

Perennial, tomentose. Roots very thick. Flowering stems 20–80 cm. Radical leaves pinnatifid, sinuate or entire, reaching 16 cm long. Cauline leaves entire or folded on margins. Sepals white. 1 cm long. Petals 20 mm, purple pink. Siliques 10 cm long over 4 mm wide, not tapered at apex. Stigma with two lateral projections at base. It is an endangered species.^{[citation needed]}

Flowering

February–May.

Habitat

Littoral rocks.

Distribution

Littoral-coast.

Geographic area

The thick-leaved stock, which adorns the rocks of Ras-Beirut in particular as of February, is endemic to Lebanon. Its generic name was coined to render homage to P.A. Matthioli, the Italian physician and famous botanist of the sixteenth century.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Matthiola crassifolia Boiss. & Gaill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
^ Mustapha Nehmeh, Wild Flowers Of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research,1978, page 174.

Georges Tohme& Henriette Tohme, IIIustrated Flora of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research, Second Edition 2014.

[KewPOWO-1] "Matthiola crassifolia Boiss. & Gaill". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

[2] Mustapha Nehmeh, Wild Flowers Of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research,1978, page 174.

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