Hohlweg am Johannesberg - Salvia aethiopis (4807' N 1624' E)

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2012-06-11 Vienna X. district (Hohlweg am Johannesberg, 183 msm Quadrant 7864/3).View of Hohlweg am Johannesberg in the first year after revitalisation (september 2011).The photo features Salvia aethiopis (front left-hand side) which might be native of old here but also might have been seeded by humankind, as could be the case for Onosma arenaria which also is growing there (both in small numbers of less than 5 specimen, or not many more).Certainly native here are Salvia nemorosa (the violet flowers in the centre), Taraxacum serotina (with their rosettas hidden behind grass) and Euphorbia glareosa (growing at the edge of both flanks, the yellow flecks in the background).Salvia aethiopis is one of the many tumbleweed plants of Pannonian steppes, some of which just reach Pannonian Austria (and only rarely are growing west of the Pannonian zone); Onosma arenaria is another one, and others (also growing here on Johannesberg) are Eryngium campestre and Falcaria vulgaris.