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Carduus personata (L.) Jacq. ssp. albidus (Adamovic) Kazmi

Flora Europaea biennal to perennial, T-H, 2n=18, diploid mesic nemoral and boreal belts Central European (species), north Balkan-Dacian (subspecies)   Aegopodion, Petasition officinalis, Adenostyletalia, Alnion incanae R 41, R42, R44 (mountainous) habitats         One of the most common forest thistles from the upper nemoral and boreal belt in the Carpathians.  Pictures taken in Raicani area, Trascau Mountains, Alba county on 20th of August 2006 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com