black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Crambe mitridatis Juzepczuk, 1951
Synonyms: Crambe koktebelica var. mitridatis Kotov, Crambe orientalis auct
Common names: Engl: Mithridates crambe, Mithridates colewort; Bulg: Divo zele
(mitridatis); Rom: Holodean (mitridatis), Tirtan (mitridatis); Russ: Katran
mitridatskiy; Ukr: Katran mitridats'ky
Order CAPPARALES
Family BRAS SIC ACE AE (CRUCIFERAE)
Taxonomic description. A tall (1.5-2.0 m), annual or biennial plant with numerous
thin branches. Base leaves long, lyre-like, parted (solid ones are more rare), bare on
top, with long rare hairs on the veins on the bottom. Flowers white, petals yellowing
towards the base. Foetus a nut-like podlet. Its base short, empty; top a large sphere,
bearing one seed. The closely related endemic species C. mitridatis is often
considered as a taxonomic variety of C. koktebelica because of only subtle differences
between both.
IUCN Status
World level: NE
Black Sea Regional level: CR
Subregion level: CR
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