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Primula villosa
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0511 2074 (2011-05-26)Copyright © 2011 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo May 8, 2011
latitude 46.41789 longitude 14.84612
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location
Smrekovec mountains, on top of Mt. Komen 1.684 m (5.525 feet) (Štajerska, Slovenia)family
Primulaceae
notes Slo: kuštravi jegliè - Habitat: Stony pasture, in crevices of outcropped rocks, on steep to vertical Andesite rock faces, rarely south oriented, otherwise at sunny and fairly dry places, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations 1.500-1.800 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevations 1.650 m (5.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: acid soil pockets in Andesite rock. - Comment: Endemic to Southeast Alps. Growing solitary and in groups of a few plants P. villosa is a species with extraordinarily disjunct distribution. It grows on six small areas in eastern Alps. The most southeast of them is on top of Mt. Komen in Slovenia (a second small area in Slovenia was discovered just recently). Smrekovec mountains are a region with rare (in Slovenia) extrusive magmatic rock Andesite. - Ref.: (1) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 676. (2) A.Martinèi et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnièna Založba Slovenije (2007), p 480. (3) G.Cmith, B. Burrow and D.Lowe, Primulas of Europe and America, The Alpine Garden Society (1987), pp 139. (4) J.Richards, Primula, B.T. Batsford Ltd, London (1993), pp 94. (5) H.Sauerbier, W.Langer, Alpenpflanzen, Endemiten von Nizza bis Wien, IHW-Verlag, (2000), p 152.camera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_514/2011_DSC7691 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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