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Erysimum comatum Pančić
NOT protected species in Bulgaria.
Erysimum comatum is an herbaceous biennial plant. Stems 7-25 cm tall.
Indumentum with 2 + 3 (-4)-fid hairs.
Stem base with thick tunic of dry leaves and leaf bases.
Petals 15-17 (-19) mm.
Flowers strongly fragrant.
Flowering May-July1.
On open limestone slopes and stony grasslands facing south, in foothills and mountains, on shallow and erosive humus-carbonate soils. It occurs in individual formations from the oak up to the coniferous belt and often together with Aurinia saxatilis, Scutellaria orientalis, Micromeria cristata, Stipa pennata, sometimes with typical calciphylous plants like Asplenium rutamuraria and Campanula versicolor2.
Balkan foothill region (Vrachanska Planina Mt.), Znepole region (Dragomanski Chepan, Strazha, Paramunska Planina, Konjavska Planina), Slavjanka, from 450 up to 1750 m altitude3.
Map of general distribution4:
1 Ančev, M. & Polatschek, A. 2006. The genus Erysimum (Brassicaceae) in Bulgaria. – Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B, 107: 227-273.
2 Ančev, M. & Polatschek, A. 2006. The genus Erysimum (Brassicaceae) in Bulgaria. – Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B, 107: 227-273.
3 Ančev, M. & Polatschek, A. 2006. The genus Erysimum (Brassicaceae) in Bulgaria. – Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B, 107: 227-273.
4 Marhold, K. (2011+): Brassicaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity..
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