en Petromarula

Petromarula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Subfamily:	Campanuloideae
Genus:	Petromarula; Vent. ex R.Hedw.
Species:	P. pinnata
Binomial name
	Petromarula pinnata; (L.) A.DC.
Synonyms
	Phyteuma pinnatum L.; Petromarula pinnata var. pubescens A.DC.; Petromarula oxyloba Gand.; Petromarula pinnata f. oxyloba (Gand.) Hayek;

Petromarula is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. There is only one known species, Petromarula pinnata, endemic to the island of Crete in the Mediterranean.^[1]^[2] The name "Petromarula" means "rock lettuce" in Greek, a reference to the plant's traditional use in salads.^[3]

Description

Petromarula pinnata is a robust, medium to tall perennial, minutely hairy above. Leaves mostly in a large basal rosette, pinnate to pinnately-lobed, the lower long-stalked; leaflets oval to oblong, coarsely toothed. Flowers pale blue, 9–10 mm, borne in large rather narrow panicles; corolla with 5 spreading to recurved linear lobes. Capsule opening by 3 pores in the middle. Flowers April–May.^[4]