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Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam.  

Synon.:  Minuartia picta  (SM.) BORNM.

Genus:  Eremogone  FENZL,  Minuartia  LOEFL. ex L.

The back side of the sepals carries a greenish drawing, therefore the name 'picta'. This plant cannot only be found in Eastern Europe, but also in Northern Africa, Asia and even in Western North America.


Authors:
   SM.:  James Edward Smith (1759 - 1828), English physician and botanist
   DILLENB.:  Markus S. Dillenberger (fl. 2012), German botanist
   KADEREIT:  Joachim Walter Kadereit (1956 - ), German botanist at Hannover
   BORNM.:  Friedrich Nicolaus Joseph Bornmüller (1862 - 1948), German botanist
   FENZL:  Eduard Fenzl (1808 - 1879), Austrian botanist
   LOEFL.:  Pehr Loefling (1729 - 1756), Swedish explorer and botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Eremogone:   erem = lonely place, gon = seed
   picta:   painted
   Minuartia:   Juan Minuart (1693 - 1768), Spanish botanist
 

Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort, Cyprus Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 1:  Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort
Cyprus, Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort, Cyprus Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 2:  Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort
Cyprus, Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort, Cyprus Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 3:  Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort
Cyprus, Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort, Cyprus Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 4:  Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort
Cyprus, Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort, Cyprus Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 5:  Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort
Cyprus, Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort, Cyprus Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025
Fig. 6:  Eremogone picta / Painted Sandwort
Cyprus, Akamas, Neo Chorio 20.3.2025

 


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