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Old 19-08-2007, 12:07 PM
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And I've recently seen it in northern Spain, up hills and well away from the sea .... perhaps it's spreading?

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Originally Posted by balkantrek View Post
It is a beautiful plant!

It is also found at a few sites along Bulgaria's Black Sea coast to the south of Sozopol, in particular near the mouth of the river Ropotamo, the Kavatsite locality, Cape Maslen Nos and between Ahtopol and Rezovo. Unfortunately these sites are threatened by the development of new resort complexes.

In Bulgaria it is a Red Data Book species and it is called "Pyasuchna Liliya" which means "Sea Liliy.
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