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Althaea officinalis L.

 

 

Flora Europaea

the original Linnean specimen

perennial, H, 2n=42, octoploid

mesoxeric-mesic, ruderal

Palearctic

Bidention, Juncetalia maritimi

R87 habitats

 

 

 

 

 

A sporadically encountered beautiful weed, very similar in concerning the flowers but very different in concerning the leaves from its congeneric Althaea cannabina.

NIma, Cluj county, August 2009

dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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