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Phyllis nobla
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Scientific classification

Phyllis nobla is a small, glabrous or pubescent subshrub in the family Rubiaceae.

Description

Leaves are entire, lanceolate to ovate, acute. Flowers are whitish, small in lax terminal and axillary panicles. Fruiting pedicels are pendulous.

Distribution

Madeira

Cliffs, rocky banks and levada walls from sea level to 1800 m; widespread in Madeira but rarer in Porto Santo where it occurs on the northern coast near Fonte d'Areia and on Pico do Facho and Ilheu de Baiyo; also on Deserta Grande Island and the eastern side of Bugio.

Canary Islands

Tenerife: Laurel forest cliffs and banks, Sierra Anaga, Las Mercedes to Vueltas de de Taganana, Aguamansa etc. locally very common, 600–1200 m; La Palma: Cumbre Nueva, El Paso, Barlovento etc.; La Gomera: Monte del Cedro, Arure, Chorros de Epina; El Hierro: Forest regions of El Golfo and Valverde (Ventejís); Gran Canaria: Pinar de Tamadaba, pine forest cliffs, 1000 m, Presa de los Pérez, rare.

Gallery

  • Phyllis nobla

    Fully grown shrublet

  • Phyllis nobla kz2

    Branch with flowers and fruits

  • Phyllis nobla seeds II, by Omar Hoftun

    Seeds

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Phyllis nobla para niños

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