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Echinops bannaticus Rochel ex Schrad.

Flora Europaea perennial, G-H, 2n=32, tetraploid xeric to mesoxeric Balkan-Tauro-Caucasian Syringo-Carpinion orientalis R3123-3124, R3127, R4163 habitats       A Balkan-Tauro-Caucasian species which again stands for the ancient geological linkages which existed between the Balkans and Caucasus through Krym peninsula. Pictures taken in the Iron Gates Danube defile area, Mehedinti county, on 4th of August 2006 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com