Scabiosa tenuis Spruner ex Boiss., 1843
Common names: Tender Scabious [En], Zarte Skabiose [De], Σκαβιόζα η λεπτή [Gr]

Endemic species

Kastania, VERIA ● Greece

Description: Slender erect stem, generally simple. The lower leaves are oblong shortly petiolate, the other are pennatifide-lyrate, linear. The flower head wears small deep pink flowers.

Biology: Flowering at summer.

Habitat: Fagus forests, road sides, rocky places, maquis, on limestone and sunny places.

Distribution: Balkan endemic, from Albania and Northern Greece.

References:
Euro-Mediterranean PlantBase
Boissier E., 1843. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, Volume 1, Issue 2, Geneva.

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Monday 24 June 2013

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Endemic , Macedonia | Greece

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