Juniperus phoenicea
Juniperus phoenicea
Finike ardıcı
Small monoecious tree, up to 4 m. Twigs terete. Scale leaves up to 1,5 mm, rhomboid, adpressed, with a dorsal, oblong, depressed gland, the margins scarious. Cone irregularly globose, c. 10 mm, maturing from blackish through greenish to dark reddish when ripe. Seeds 3-9. Scrub near the coast, up to 350 m.
Mediterranean area. Medit. element.