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Centaurea phrygia L. var. nigrescens (Willd.) stat. nov. prop.

Flora Europaea

perennial, H, 2n= 44, tetraploid

mesoxeric to mesic from the forest-steppe to upper nemoral

Central European-north Balkan

Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, Festuco-Brometea

R34, R38, R 87 habitats

This taxon is sometimes found in pure populations but mostly (and especially in Transylvania) mixed with C, phrygia, C. indurata, C. jacea, etc. with which hybridizes freely and largely. Thus these most probably should be treated as varieties of the same basic species, C. phrygia.

Sanvasii, Mures county, September 2009

dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com

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Centaurea phrygia L. var. nigrescens (Willd.) stat. nov. prop.

This taxon is sometimes found in pure populations but mostly (and especially in Transylvania) mixed with C, phrygia, C. indurata, C. jacea, etc. with which hybridizes freely and largely. Thus these most probably should be treated as varieties of the same basic species, C. phrygia.