Janka

I have enquired with a friend who is a botanist and has been to Croatia
several times, but he does not know of this species.

Can you recommend a good Flora book for Croatia?

Peter

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There is not much that I can find on the internet about U. radicans and
no descriptons. This link, http://tinyurl.com/2scjns suggests that it is
a synonym for Adicea radicans, on which I draw a complete blank. Where
is it found? What is the source for the name?

Area of my interest are wet and flooded sites in the region southerwards
Drava river, Croatia.
I've found in books that two different authors have been found Urtica
radicans and Urtica dioica species in the floristic composition of this
specific terain, but I have no idea how to distinguish those plants. In
the key I use, there is not Urtica radicans mentioned at all. Nettles are
very abundant here, particularly beneath forest stands of alder
(phytocenosis of common alder with elongated sedge=Carici
elongatae-Alnetum glutinosae and phytocenosis of common alder and
narrow-leaved ash with birdcherry=Pruno-Fraxinetum)

Yes - the pink flower looks very much like Centaurium, but difficult from
visible detail to say which one. Possibly C. erythrea (Common Centaury).
Calix does not look right for Gentianella.
Yes! After Steward's reply I've searched for Centaurium genus. I'm quite
sure that this flower must be Centaurium pulchellum. Thanks!