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Gagea pusilla
Gagea pusilla
Dwarf Star-of-bethlehem (?)
Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

ID: 0000 0000 0311 2054 (2011-03-17)

Copyright © 2011 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy

 
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  • date of photo  Mar 11, 2011
  • latitude 45.83121   longitude 13.77418     View on Google Maps.
  • location   About 500 m NNE of village Mali dol, Komen Karst region (Primorska, Slovenia)
  • notes   Slo.: pritlikava pasja èebulica - Habitat: dry Karst grassland still mowed and occasionally grassed by horses, Carici humilis-Centaureetum rupestris, near wood side, also in dense bushes (Cotinus coggygria, Prunus mahaleb, Fraximus ornus, Juniperrs communis, Rubus sp.), flat terrain, sunny (unless in bushes, then half sunny until leaves develop, after that in full shade), calcareous ground, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations 1.400-1.500 mm/year, average temperature 11-13 deg C, elevation 290 m (950 feet), submediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: Apparently it has not been documented in Slovenia during last 60 years. The first find in 10148/4 (UTM 33TVL07). Will be proposed to be enlisted in Slovenian Red List of protected and rare plants. For details see: A. Trnkoczy, B. Dolinar, I.Dakskobler, Gagea pusilla (F.W. Schmidt) Schult. & Schult. fil., New locality of a rare and vulnerable species on the Karst, Hladnikia, Botanical Society of Slovenia (2011) (in preparation). Ref.: (1) Personal communication dr. Igor Dakskobler. (2) A.Martinèi et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnièna Založba Slovenije (2007), p 748. (3) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1019. (4) N. Jogan, ed., Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia, Center za kartografijo favne in flore (2001), p167.
  • camera   Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
  • contributor's ID #  Bot_493/2011_IMG3894
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

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  • common names   Dwarf Star-of-bethlehem (?) (photographer)
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