Dianthus versicolor Fisch.

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botanical
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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I	South Central SIBERIA
UoOlV (Region of LAKE BAIKAL)
Dianthus versicolor Fischer ex Link
Fis. dark pink; a beautiful species.
"Subalpine" (edaphic!) steppe grassland
with rock outcrops and bare loose gravelly
soil between tussocks of the dominant
Festuca sp., Poa dahurica, with Thymus
serpylium, Arenaria, Selaginella, Astragalus,
Saxifraga bronchialis, Dianthus versicolor ,
and many lichens.
Top of high cliffs overlooking LAKE BAIKAL
at Mys (= Point) Khoboi, the NE-most point
of 0STR0V (= Island) OL’KHON.
53°23’N, 107°45’E
H.	H. litis
J. C. Coffey
M. F. Denton
I.	M. Krasnoborov
Alt. ca. 550m
2 July 1979
No. 39 7
4th field expedition conducted to the U.S.S.R. under the USA/USSR
Cooperative Agreement in the Protection of the Environment. Project
VI.I - Protection of Native Species of Flora. Sponsored by the Cary
Arboretum of the New York Botanical Garden.
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