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Taraxacum hoppeanum Griseb.

Flora Europaea perennial, H-G xeric and mesoxeric, calciphyle, saxicole Bohemian / Apenninic - north-western Balkan - Dacian Bromo-Festucion pallentis, Elyno-Seslerietea R3401-3403, R62 habitats       This Taraxacum is absolutely specific for the low altitude calcareous massifs from the Apuseni and Banat Mountains. It is much rarer in the rest of the Romanian Carpathians. Cheile Ardeului, Hunedoara county, April 2007 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com