Pterocephalus perennis Coult.

Pterocephalus perennis Coult.

Synonymy

    • =Pterocephalus involucratus Spreng.
    • =Scabiosa pterocephala L.
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    Taxon info

    Pterocephalus perennis forms dense, woody mats on rocky limestone slopes, generally at 800 –2000 m, flowering rather late (July to early September). It is a Greek endemic with subsp. perennis (photo) throughout much of the mainland and subsp. bellidifolius in the W parts, extending into Albania.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 10.1]

    Distribution

    GR(IoI NPi SPi Pe StE EC NC NE WAe

    Greece (East Central Greece present; Ionian Islands present; North Central Greece present; North Pindos present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; South Pindos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Balkan

    Life-form

    Chamaephyte

    Habitat

    High mountain vegetation, Cliffs, rocks, walls, ravines, boulders

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

    Specimens

    CountryDateCollector + collecting numberHerbariaTypeScanDerivatives
    Greece2017-04-21Willing,R. & Willing, E. 276042B
    Citation: Greece, Lassithi, NW Sykologos, 35°1'48"N, 25°30'23.004"E, 21 Apr 2017, Willing,R. & E. Willing 276042 (B B 10 0732557)

    Specimen summary: B B 10 0732557
    Preferred stable URI: http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B100732557

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