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Eryngium planum L.

Flora Europaea the original Linnean specimen perennial, H, 2n=16 , diploid mesic to mesoxeric, slightly halophyle and arenophyle sometimes and also an occasional ruderal (however never an invasive), from the forest-steppe zone up to the lower nemoral belt continental Eurasian Arrhenatherion, Corynephoretalia, Festucion pseudovinae R38, R64, R15 habitats           A species which can be frequently encountered but which is mostly represented by vagrant small populations or isolated individuals. Bunesti, Cluj county, august 2009 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com \