Cirsium × stroblii explained

Cirsium × stroblii (Cirsium greimleri × spinosissimum) is a hybrid between C. greimleri and C. spinosissimum.

3 herbarium specimens as of 2020.^[1]

Distribution

It is found only in the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern, although the range overlap extends to nearby ranges.

Description

There are few specimens, but it is close in appearance to C. heterophyllum × spinosissimum, differring in having broader leaves with short lobes, without tomentose undersides.^[2]

The description of von Halácsy:

History

Identified by August von Hayek in the summer of 1906 from a specimen collected on the slopes of a ravine that feeds the Großer Bösenstein lake by Gabriel Strobl in 1867.^[3]

See also

• List of Cirsium species

Notes and References

1. 2020-02-13 . Martin . Vavrinec . Geografická analýza mezidruhové hybridizace rodu Cirsium ve střední Evropě (Diplomová práce) .
2. 1907 . Eugen . von Halácsy . Versammlung am 19. Oktober 1906 . 14–21 . Bericht der Sektion für Botanik . 57.
3. Von Hayek 1907. "Gelegentlich einer Exkursion auf den Großen Bösenstein bei Trieben (Niedere Tauern, Steiermark) im Jahre 1867 entdeckte P. Gabriel Strobl (jetzt Direktor des Gymnasiums zu Admont)