Cirsium candelabrum Griseb.

Cirsium candelabrum Griseb.

Synonymy

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    Taxon info

    Cirsium candelabrum is one of many new species discovered by Grisebach on his remarkable journey through the Balkan Peninsula in 1839. Described from Scardus (Šar Planina) on the borders of F. Y. R. Makedonija and Kosovo, it is a Balkan species extending to SW Romania in the north and Mt Taigetos in the south, often gregarious along mountain roads. It is a tall, much-branched biennial with small, white capitula.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. 324 [Plate 4.3]

    Distribution

    GR(NPi SPi Pe StE EC NC NE NAe WAe

    Greece (East Central Greece present; North Aegean 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

    Hemicryptophyte

    Habitat

    Agricultural and Ruderal habitats

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

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