Kitaibela vitifolia

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.

 

Kitaibela vitifolia, Antwerpen (Berchem), waste land, June 2009, F. Verloove Kitaibela vitifolia, Antwerpen (Berchem), waste land, June 2009, F. Verloove

Kitaibela_vitifolia

Herbarium specimen 1

Herbarium specimen 2


Selected literature:

Köhlein F. (1992) Staudige Malvengewächse. Gartenpraxis 5: 8-12.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith