black sea red data book - Department of Biology

only localities in the Crimea). Limiting factors: a low competitive ability in coastal
plant communities; the stenotopic nature of the species.
Biology. Blooms from May to June; fruits from July to August; a deep tap root
system; propagation by seed and vegetatively by long rhizomes. An euxerophyte and
a halophyte.
Population trends. Declining in abundance.
Threats. The expansion of coastal tourism.
Conservation measures taken. No special measures.
Conservation measures proposed. The species needs to be monitored; creation of
Tarkhankut nature reservation.
References
Davis, P. H., 1965-1985. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vols. 1-9.
Edinburgh University Press.
Fyodorov, A. A. (Ed.), 1987. Flora yevropeiskoy chasti SSSR. Leningrad, Nauka, 6:
254 pp. (in Russian).
Kryukova, I. V., Y. A. Luks, L. A. Privalova et al, 1988. Redkiye rasteniya i
zhivotnyye Kryma. (Rare Plants and Animals of the Crimea). Simferopol, Tavria:
176 pp. (in Russian).
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