Conringia austriaca

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Common names

Scientific name

Conringia austriaca (Jacq.) Sweet.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Annual or biennial herbaceous plant. Stem erect, 30 to 100 cm high, simple, rarely branched at the top, glabrous, blue-green. Stem leaves 8-40 (60) mm long, blue-green, oblong-obovate, entire, cordate at the base, clasping the stem. Flowers 4-6 mm long. The siliques (fruits) are 5-8 cm long, their valves have 3 veins. Flowering April-June¹.

Habitat

Grasslands, vineyards, crops².

Distribution in Bulgaria

In tne next floristic regions: Danube plain, Northeastern Bulgaria, Znepole region, Sofia region, Vitosha region, Pirin, Struma Valley, Rhodopes, Thracian lowland and Tundzha hilly plain³.

General Distribution

Southern and partly Central Europe, Southwest Asia, Caucasus, North Africa⁴.

References

1 Кузманов, Б. 1970. Във: Флора на Народна Република България, том IV, София.

2 Кузманов, Б. 1970.

3 Minčo Ančev. 2007. Catalogue of the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) in the flora of Bulgaria, PHYTOLOGIA BALCANICA 13 (2): 153–178, Sofia.

4 Кузманов, Б. 1970.

Conringia austriaca на български

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