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Centaurea calvescens Pancic

 

 

Flora Europaea

saxicole calciphile from the upper nemoral belt (beech forest area)

north-western Balkan

Cerastio banatici-Festucetum dalmaticae, Erysimo comati-Stipetum eriocaulis, Danthonio-Chrysopogonetum gryllii, Seslerietum filiifoliae

R3410, R3412, R3501, R3502

In Romania only in the Banat mountains adjacent to Iron Gates Danube defile area

 

 

 

 

 

This saxicole xeric species is a regional endemic of the mountains around the Iron Gates area, in the adjacent areas from Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia. A quite similar in considering range and also a related species is Centaurea triniifolia.

Pictures taken from Iron Gates area, Mehedinti county on 5th of August 2006

dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com

 

 

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