Lamiaceae Stachy plumosa Stachys plumosa New records for Albania based on taxa from the Prespa National Park Shuka, Lulezim Tan, Kit Biodiversity Data Journal 2013 1 1014 1014 Griseb., 1844 Griseb. 1844 Magnoliopsida Lamiaceae Stachys CoL Plantae Stachys plumosa Lamiales 0 1014 Tracheophyta species plumosa   Lamiaceae  Stachy plumosaGriseb., Spicilegium Florae Rumelicae et Bithynicae 2(4):139 (1844). Fig. 12  Stachys plumosaType:― [F.Y.R. MACEDONIA] inter Komanova et Strazin (substr. trachyt.), Friedrichsthal 447 (GOET).  Materials  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: Prespa area, near the village Cerja and to the NW of Kapshtica village; verbatimElevation: 1170 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°37'N; verbatimLongitude: 21°01'E; Event: eventDate: 6 July 2012; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: near Zagradeci village, Lake Mikri Prespa; verbatimElevation: 880 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°51'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°57'E; Event: eventDate: 13 July 2011; Record Level: basisOfRecord: observation  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 5587; recordedBy: Shuka; Location: country: Albania; verbatimLocality: northwestern slopes of Ivani Mt; verbatimElevation: 1233 m; verbatimLatitude: 40°44'N; verbatimLongitude: 20°53'E; Event: eventDate: 6 July 2011; Record Level: institutionCode: TIR!  Ecology  Phenology Flowering at the end of May till mid-June, fruiting in June and July.  Habitat  Stachys plumosawas observed for the first time in Albania near a spring in a serpentine area near the village Zagradeci at Mikri Prespa. It occurs at altitudes between 880 and 1350 m, in dry pastures and rocky places in association with Alkanna pindicola, Buxus sempervirens, Comandra umbellata subsp. elegans, Convolvulus elegantissimus, Dianthus haematocalyx subsp. pindicola, Erodium guicciardii, Fraxinus ornus, Haplophyllum boissieranum, Helichrysum plicatum, Hyssopus officinalisand Ostrya carpinifolia. It was also recently recorded in clearings of Carpinusand Buxuson the limestone slopes of Ivani Mt and near Kapshtica village, close to the border with Greece. ― New for Albania.  Phenology Flowering at the end of May till mid-June, fruiting in June and July.  Habitat  Stachys plumosawas observed for the first time in Albania near a spring in a serpentine area near the village Zagradeci at Mikri Prespa. It occurs at altitudes between 880 and 1350 m, in dry pastures and rocky places in association with Alkanna pindicola, Buxus sempervirens, Comandra umbellata subsp. elegans, Convolvulus elegantissimus, Dianthus haematocalyx subsp. pindicola, Erodium guicciardii, Fraxinus ornus, Haplophyllum boissieranum, Helichrysum plicatum, Hyssopus officinalisand Ostrya carpinifolia. It was also recently recorded in clearings of Carpinusand Buxuson the limestone slopes of Ivani Mt and near Kapshtica village, close to the border with Greece. ― New for Albania.  Distribution  Stachys plumosahas not yet been reported from Albanian territory, although known from the F.Y.R. Macedonia and Greek parts of the PIP. It is a Balkan endemic with a wide distribution on mainland Greece (northern Greece to S Pindos), W Bulgaria and F.Y.R. Macedonia. 6 July 2012 Shuka Albania 40.616665 Albania 1161 21.016666 0 1014 1 Other material 13 July 2011 Shuka Albania 40.85 Albania 1160 20.95 0 1014 1 Other material 6 July 2011 TIR! Shuka Albania 40.733334 Albania 1161 20.883333 0 1014 1 Other material