Media type: E-Article Title: Achillea roseoalba – a long ignored relict in Germany Contributor: Dunkel, Franz G.; Gregor, Thomas; Meierott, Lenz imprint: Wiley, 2011 Published in: Feddes Repertorium Language: English DOI: 10.1002/fedr.201000005 ISSN: 0014-8962; 1522-239X Keywords: Plant Science ; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Origination: Footnote: Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>Achillea roseoalba</jats:italic> occurs in temporarily wet mea‐dows of the Schweinfurt area (Northern Bavaria, Germany), a well‐known relict area for continental thermophilous plants. The main population of <jats:italic>A. roseoalba</jats:italic> grows in a <jats:italic>Cirsio tuberosi‐Molinietum arundinaceae</jats:italic>. The Schweinfurt area is probably a relict area of a formerly more extended distribution area of <jats:italic>A. roseoalba</jats:italic> during the Boreal. (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)</jats:p>