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Artemisia lerchiana Weber ex Stechm.

Flora Europaea perennial, H / Ch xeric saxicole / petrophile steppe species Pontic Pimpinello-Thymion zygioidis R3416, R 3417 In Romania present only in two locations from Dobrudja (Capul Dolojman and Baia, Tulcea county) and in Moldavia (Chirita, ?Tiganasi)       This beautiful almost chalk - white petrophile xeric steppe species is very rare in Romania being known only from Dobrudja and more recently from Moldavia, in four locations. Pictures taken In Capul Dolojman natural reserve area, Tulcea county, on 8th of August 2006 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com Pictures taken In Capul Dolojman natural reserve area, Tulcea county, in August 2007 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com The four pictures below compare Artemisia lerchiana (the lightest colored plant) with Artemisia austrica (the greenish plant)