Taxonomy: Fam. Dipsacaceae// Genus: Lomelosia// Species: Lomelosia rotata (M. Bieb.) Greuter & Burdet
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Scabiosa rotata Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 3: 102 (1819). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Domina, 2017+) is Lomelosia rotata (M. Bieb.) Greuter & Burdet in Willdenowia 15: 75. 1985.
Distribution: Native from the Balkan Peninsula to Turkmenistan and Afghanistan according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open habitats- dry grasslands/ hill pastures, calcareous rocks.
Lifeform: Annual, therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN.
References:
Lomelosia rotata. Domina, G. (2017+): Dipsacaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/aec5e7ed-87f6-4ed3-b8d1-7b0fbb62d354 [Accessed 26.11.2022].
Lomelosia rotata (M.Bieb.) Greuter & Burdetet. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:915239-1 [Accessed 26.11.2022].
Scabiosa L. Jasiewicz, A. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 68 – 73.
Last update: 26.11.2022.
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