Rosa villosa_52

Description:

Rosa villosaSlo.: dlakavi ipekDate: June 27. 2009Lat.: 46.26835 Long.: 13.50734Code: Bot_358/2009-0525Habitat: Stony dry road cut of a cart road along a mountain ridge, calcareous rock, full sun, precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevation 1.220 m (4.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Place: Roadside of a cart road from Planina Boca to Mt. Starijski vrh, Mt. Kobariki stol ridge, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comment: Probably a long time overlooked species. Still in 2001 considered as a rare plant in Slovenia with no known stands in its west part. In recent few years several locations discovered also in Posoje. Among them one along the Mt. Kobariki Stol ridge.