Kitaibela vitifolia Willd. (former-Jugoslavia) – A very rare escape from cultivation or garden throw-out. Discovered in 2008 in Opheers in a road verge, apparently persisting since several years. Also recorded on a demolition area in Berchem (Antwerpen) in 2008 (ca. 10 specimens) and on worked-up soil (former plant nursery) in Mol in 2009 (a single specimen). Finally, also seen in 2013 in Kasterlee and in 2016 in Drongen.
Selected literature:
Köhlein F. (1992) Staudige Malvengewächse. Gartenpraxis 5: 8-12.
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