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Wulfenia carinthiaca

Wulfenia carinthiaca
Kärntner Wulfenie (Wulfenia carinthiaca) 5851.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Wulfenia
Species: W. carinthiaca
Binomial name
Wulfenia carinthiaca
Jacq.

Wulfenia carinthiaca, commonly named wulfenia, is a plant of the plantain family. It is endemic to the Gartnerkofel mountain of the Carnic Alps at the Austro-Italian border.

It was discovered in 1779 by Franz Xaver von Wulfen, for whom it is named.

Wulfenia carinthiaca is cultivated as an ornamental plant for gardens.



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