2012-06-11 Vienna X. district (
Hohlweg am Johannesberg, 183 msm Quadrant 7864/3).View of Hohlweg am Johannesberg in the
first year after revitalisation (september 2011).The photo features
Salvia aethiopis (front left-hand side) which might be native of old here but also might have been seeded by humankind, as could be the case for
Onosma arenaria which also is growing there (both in small numbers of less than 5 specimen, or not many more).Certainly native here are
Salvia nemorosa (the violet flowers in the centre),
Taraxacum serotina (with their rosettas hidden behind grass) and
Euphorbia glareosa (growing at the edge of both flanks, the yellow flecks in the background).
Salvia aethiopis is one of the many tumbleweed plants of Pannonian steppes, some of which just reach Pannonian Austria (and only rarely are growing west of the Pannonian zone);
Onosma arenaria is another one, and others (also growing here on Johannesberg) are
Eryngium campestre and Falcaria vulgaris.