Bruckenthalia spiculifolia (Salisb.) Rchb.
Synonymy
Taxon info
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, superficially resembling heather (Calluna vulgaris), occurs in mountains of the N & C Balkan Peninsula and extends through N Anatolia to the Russian border. It was first discovered by Sibthorp on the Bithynian Olympus (Ulu Dağ) in NW Anatolia. In Greece it is confined to the N mountains, being sometimes gregarious in damp to wet grassland over non-calcareous substrates (granite, micaceous schist, etc.), generally at 1700–2200 m.A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 336 [Plate 10.5]
