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Centaurea besserana DC

Flora Europaea xeric to mesoxeric steppe grassland species west Pontic Festucion valesiacae, Agropyro-Kochion R34 habitats developed on loess in Romania only in Dobrudja             A west Pontic steppe xeric element sometimes classified as a subspecies of Centaurea ovina Pall. ex Willd. Pictures taken near Luncavita, Tulcea county, Dobrudja on 11th of August 2006. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com