Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Gnaphalium// Species: Gnaphalium sylvaticum L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Holub in Tutin et al. (1976) as Omalotheca sylvatica (L.) Schultz Bip. & F. W. Schultz, Arch. Fl. Jour. Bot. 311 (1861). The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) is Gnaphalium sylvaticum L., Sp. Pl.: 856. 1753.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to the temperate northern hemisphere according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of European beech forests.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
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References:
Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Gnaphalium+sylvaticum [Accessed 12.09.2021].
Omalotheca Cass. Holub, J. 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. 126 – 127.
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