Image of Apple Rose

Description:

Slo.: dlakavi ipek - Habitat: 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. - 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.