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Galega officinalis L.

Flora Europaea the original Linnean specimen perennial, H, 2n=16, diploid mesic to mesohygrophyle, from the forest-steppe zone up to the upper nemoral belt western Palearctic Molinietalia, Artemisietea, Potentillo-Polygonetalia, Convolvuletalia sepium R37, R87 habitats         A mesic to mesohygrophyle species which easily transforms into a ruderal populating ruderal communities with enough humidity in their substratum; also the species resembles a lot Coronilla varia which is a xeric-mesoxeric species which itself easily turns into a ruderal. Between Sibiu and Sura Mica, Sibiu county, august 2008 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com