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Centaurea pumilio a beautiful rare flower, with lovely big pink flowering heads on the coast. Centaurea pumilio,Geotagged,Israel,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Centaurea pumilio

a beautiful rare flower, with lovely big pink flowering heads on the coast.

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The Centaurea pumilio

''Centaurea pumilio'' is a rare sand-loving species of the eastern Mediterranean. In Crete it is found only on the beaches of Elafonisos, Tigani to Balos on the Gramvoussa peninsula and Falasarna. It flowers in April and May. Centaurea pumilio is included in the IUCN Red Data List in the category of threatened plants. Flowers are pink and hermaphrodite.

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Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Yael Orgad
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By Yael Orgad

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Uploaded Jan 24, 2019. Captured Apr 30, 2012 11:23 in Highway 2, Tirat Carmel, Israel.
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  • Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
  • f/5.0
  • 1/807s
  • ISO100
  • 74.254mm