Fibigia clypeata

Fibigia clypeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Fibigia
Species:	F. clypeata
Binomial name
	Fibigia clypeata; (L.) Medik.
Synonyms
	Synonymy Adyseton petalodes G.Don ; Alyssum cheiranthifolium Willd. ; Alyssum clypeatum L. ; Draba clypeata (L.) Lam. ; Farsetia cheiranthifolia (Willd.) Desv. ; Farsetia clypeata (L.) R.Br. ; Farsetia eriocarpa Boiss. ; Farsetia obovata Boiss. & Kotschy ; Farsetia rostrata Schenk ; Fibigia eriocarpa Boiss. ; Fibigia obovata Boiss. ; Fibigia rostrata (Schenk) Boiss. ; Lunaria canescens Willd. ; Lunaria clypeata (L.) All. ;

Fibigia clypeata is an Asian species of flowering plant of the genus Fibigia in the family Brassicaceae. It is distributed throughout Greece, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey, where it flowers between February and April.^[2]^[3]^[4]

This plant is found in abundance and is native to the Shouf Biosphere Reserve in Lebanon.^[5] Its common Arabic name is بتلة كالمرساة. Its common English name is False-gypsophila ankyropetalum. Its common French name is Ankyropetale fausse- gypsophylle.^[6]

It is a drought-tolerant perennial suitable for xeriscaping.^[7]

Subdivisions

Three subdivisions – two subspecies and one variety – are accepted.^[8]

Fibigia clypeata subsp. anatolica A.Duran & Tuștaș
Fibigia clypeata subsp. clypeata
Fibigia clypeata var. eriocarpa (DC.) J.Thiébaut

References

^ The Plant List, Fibigia clypeata (L.) Medik.
^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1867. Flora Orientalis 1: 258 as Fibigia obovata.
^ Schenk, Joseph August 1840. Plantarum species...Aegyptum, Arabiam et Syriam...G.H. Schubert 42
^ "Fibigia Eriocarpa". Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ "Plants of the Shouf Biosphere". Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ "Fibigia Eriocarpa". Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ "Fibigia Eriocarpa".
^ "Fibigia clypeata (L.) Medik". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 September 2025.

[1] The Plant List, Fibigia clypeata (L.) Medik.

[2] Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1867. Flora Orientalis 1: 258 as Fibigia obovata.

[3] Schenk, Joseph August 1840. Plantarum species...Aegyptum, Arabiam et Syriam...G.H. Schubert 42

[4] "Fibigia Eriocarpa". Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

[5] "Plants of the Shouf Biosphere". Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

[6] "Fibigia Eriocarpa". Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

[7] "Fibigia Eriocarpa".

[powo-8] "Fibigia clypeata (L.) Medik". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 September 2025.

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