Image of Gagea pusilla (F. W. Schmidt) Sweet

Description:

Slo.: pritlikava pasja ebulica - Habitat: at the side of an overgrown card road, dry Karst grassland, wood side, flat terrain, partly sunny, calcareous ground, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 1.400-1.500 mm/year, average temperature 11-13 deg C, elevation 290 m (950 feet), submediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Quite a rare plant, limited to submediterranean phytogeographical region of Slovenia. - Ref.: (1) A.Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 748. (2) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1019. (3) N. Jogan, ed., Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia, Center za kartografijo favne in flore (2001), p167.