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Seseli hippomarathrum Jacq.
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An extremely rare xeric-mesoxeric species in our flora. Mentioned from many localities in the XIXth century, seemingly it was mistaken for Seseli osseum. The last mentioning was the locality of Dumbrava Rosie, Neamt county but nobody really knows where this species can be found there. In 2005, dr. Sramko Gabor from the University of Debrecen, Hungary, discovered this unique locality at Lazarea, Harghita county.Lazarea, Harghita county, above the steep artificial cliffs which stands over Lazarea castle and over the northern tip of the village. The locality is heavily grazed and degraded through ruderalization though the population of this species is doing very well. This is indicative that the species is resistant to overgrazing and ruderalization and thus its rarity in our flora is explained by other factors - maybe the competition of the closely related species like Seseli osseum,.12th of August 2010. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.net
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