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Centaurea arenaria Bieb. ssp. borysthenica (Gruner) Dostal

Flora Europaea psammophitic (arenophile) xeric steppe species Eastern Central European - Pontic Festucetea vaginatae R16, R64 habitats widespread in Romania on the marine and continental sand dunes from the southern and western part of the country       A typical sand dune species This species is largely spread from Central to eastern Europem and western Asia on sand dunes, both continental and around the coasts of Black and Caspian Seas. The most common and largely spread subspecies is this one, from central-eastern Europe (Hungary and northern Serbia up to central Ukraine). The other subpspecies are ssp. odessana (Prodan) Dostal from the coasts of north-western Black Sea, ssp. arenaria s.str., ssp. majorovii (Dumbadze) Dostal, ssp. sophiae (Klokov) Dostal which all occur in the eastern part of the north Pontic steppes. Pictures taken at Agigea sand dunes natural reservation, Constanta county, Dobrudja 9th of August 2006 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com Pictures taken on a ruderalized sandy beach at Eforie Nord (Constanta county), Dobrudja also on 9th of August 2006 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com