Centaurea sadleriana

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Centaurea sadleriana
Inflorescence
Inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: C. sadleriana
Binomial name
Centaurea sadleriana
Janka

Centaurea sadleriana (Pannonian Knapweed) is a Pannonian sub-endemic plant, mostly found on the Pannonian Basin. It grows up to 2 m tall, and has purple or pinkish flowers, which blossom from May to late October.[1]

This plant likes dry habitats, prefers loess and sandy soil. It can be found on lowlands and also on hilly habitats.[1]

This species is not endangered yet, but the world population is so small (it grows only in Hungary and its border regions) that it has become protection in Hungary, and is listed on the European Red List of Endangered Plants.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Simon, T. (2000). A magyarországi edényes flóra határozója (Field guide to the vascular flora of Hungary).
  2. ^ Zasavica Special Nature Reserve: Survey of Extremely Endangered Taxons in the Flora of Serbia Which Live in the SNR Zasavica

[edit] External links

http://www.terraalapitvany.hu/haznov/htm/Centaurea.sadleriana.html http://www.smmi.hu/termtud/ismeretterjesztes/fajlista2001.htm List of protected species in Hungary