Prasium majus, a shrubby Lamiaceae, environ de Kyrenia, présent dans toute l'île.

A local "Gorse"
Calycotome villosa or
Genista sphaecelata

       Scrubs are occupying a wide area in Cyprus; as in the rest of Mediterranean area ; You may find casual med. shrubs such as Salvia officinalis, Lavenders or Junipers. During the British era, a number of shrubs and trees including Eucalyptus et Casuarina were imported; being adaptable to lowland dryness and salinity and growing fastyer than natives. One of them is bushy Acacia with long leaves (A. cyanophylla) it stabilizes sandy and dry areas. Others plants were also imported for landscaping : a Bauhinia, a bushy Cassia, Parkinsonia aculeata, an Apocynaceae, a Periploca or Vincetoxicum sp. and several others.

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