Bongardia chrysogonum (L.) Spach
Taxon info
Bongardia chrysogonum very rare species as well as the somewhat more common Leontice leontopetalum (no. 7) are tuberous, perennial herbs growing in deep clay in fields cultivated with traditional methods. Both occur also in steppe-like habitats in SW Asia; they are likely to have been introduced into the E Mediterranean area with early agriculture and are now vanishing. For the history of Bongardia in Greece, see Karl & Strid (in Phytol. Balcan. 15: 337–342. 2009).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. 326 [Plate 5.5]
