Thesium-bavarum_8

Description:

Thesium bavarum Schrank, syn.: Thesium montanum Ehrh. ex Hoffm., Thesium linophyllon subsp. montanum (Schrad.) Celak.no name, DE: Berg-Leinblatt, Bayrisches Vermeinkraut, Bayrisches Leinblatt, Bayrischer BergflachsSlo.: bavarska lanikaDat.: June 24. 2017Lat.: 46.35879 Long.: 13.70534Code: Bot_1067/2017_DSC7993Habitat: mountain slope, southeast aspect; next to river bank; light wood and bushes; among tall herbs; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground; mostly in shade, dry place; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-9 deg C, elevation 535 m (1.750 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa between the road an river, downstream of Otokar farm house, Trenta 4, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comment: Genus Thesium is large and spread on all continents except North America and Australia. The richest with species is South Africa. In Slovenia seven species can be found. Thesium bavarum is the tallest among them. It parasitize on roots of surrounding plants. In spite of its size it is probably frequently overlooked since it usually grows among other tall herbs and has very small, only a few mm large, flowers. Not really a photogenic plant and quite difficult for photography. This is partly due to its slender stalks, which swing here and there already in the slightest breeze and also due to the fact that all plant's details are miniature. The plant is endangered and protected in several countries (for. example in parts of Germany and in Hungary).Ref.:(1) Identification confirmed by dr. Igor Dakskobler, The Jovan Hadi Institute, Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.(2) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 386.(3) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 360. (4) K.Lauber and G.Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 588.(5) H.Haeupler, T. Muer, Bildatlas der Farn- und Bluetenpflazen Deutschlands, Ulmer (2000), p 1846.(6) W.Rothmaler, Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Niedere Pflanzen, Band 1, 3.Aufl., Spectrum Akademischer Verlag (2005), p 383.