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Hesperis dinarica

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Common names

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Scientific name

Hesperis dinarica Beck.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Perennial herbaceous plant. Stem 40-60 (80) cm high, erect, unbranched, cylindrical, covered with short unbranched, branched and glandular, shorter than 1 mm hairs. The stem leaves are auriculate. The petals are white, 14-20 mm long, obovate. Flowering June-August^[1].

Habitat

In stony and grassy places in subalpine and alpine zone^[2].

Distribution in Bulgaria

In the mountains Stara Planina (middle), Vitosha and Rila; between 1500 and 2500 meters above sea level^[3].

General Distribution

In the countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro^[4].

References

[1] Асенов Ив. 1970. В: Флора на Народна Република България. Том IV, София.

[2] Асенов. 1970. Пос. източник.

[3] Assyov, B., A. Petrova, D. Dimitrov & R. Vassilev. 2012. Conspectus of the vascular flora of Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgarian biodiversity foundation.

[4] Marhold, K. (2011): Brassicaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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