Smyrnium-perfoliatum_15

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Smyrnium perfoliatum L.Family: Apiaceae Lindl.EN: Perfoliate Alexanders, DE: Stengelumfassende GelbdoldeSlo.: prerasla repuicaDat.: May 3. 2017Lat.: 45.03352 Long.: (WGS84)Code: Bot_1052/2017_DSC01029Habitat: Former pasture, stony grassland overgrown with bushes; almost flat terrain, skeletal, calcareous ground; mostly sunny; elevation 245 m (800 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-13 deg C, (Sub)Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Place: Adriatic Sea, island Krk, next to the road from town Krk to Baka; near the main island's rubbish dump; Kvarner archipelago, Rijeka region, Croatia EC.Comment: Smyrnium perfoliatum is an interesting plant with a conspicuous overall yellowish appearance and strangely shaped leaves, particularly the upper ones, which are almost round. The ground leaves look totally different being divided into three leaflets. The plant is a Mediterranean floral element. Yet is a quite rare on the island Krk. One can find it also in Central Europe, but as an introduced plant. It touches the Alps only in its most southwest tip.Ref.:(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 829.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 393. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 1086. (4) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 136