Hero: Giżi ta' Malta
Endemic subspecies · Threatened (Red Data Book)
Giżi ta' Malta
Maltese Stock · Matthiola incana subsp. melitensis
A violet-flowered stock found only in the Maltese Islands, named as its own subspecies of the hoary stock.
Hoary stock (Matthiola incana) is a flowering plant of the cabbage family, also known as Brompton stock or gilly-flower. The plants of the Maltese Islands were described as their own subspecies, melitensis, and they are found nowhere else in Europe. Their violet flowers open from March to May.
In Maltese the plant is called Giżi ta' Malta. At the last update of the local flora it was not legally protected, but it is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands as threatened.
Text: Wikipedia; Online Flora of the Maltese Islands, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Edited by the Editorial Team.
