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Achillea crithmifolia Waldst. et Kit. Coada-soricelului aromata

Flora Europaea Grin taxonomy perennial, H, 2n=18 forest-steppe mesoxeric, thermophyle, mostly in bushy areas on rocky substrata Balkan-Pannonian Festucetalia valesiacae, Stipio pulcherrimae - Festucetalia pallentis R34 and R35 habitats In Romania only in the southern parts where average multiannual temperature exceeds 10 degr C.         A xeric thermophyle usually saxicole species which sometimes acts like a ruderal; found frequently in the Balkan and Pannonian realms in areas where the average multinannual temperature exceeds 10 degrees C. In Romania is to be found only in the southern regions of the country. Pictures were taken in May 2006 on the andesitic rocks at the top of Deva citadel, Hunedoara county. The photos are not as suggestive as we would like to be, especially in concerning the leaves of the species which are otherwise very characteristic but hopefully we will replace them soon. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com Muntele Lacu, in between Globurau village and Arjana massif, Caras-Severin county, Cerna Mountains, 8th of July 2010. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanjca.net Pictures taken in my garden from Floresti, Cluj county, in June 2005 after an individual obtained from vegetative shoots from Deva, Hunedoara county, in May 2002. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanjca.net