The article presents data on the results of the monitoring of rare and endangered vascular plants in the ,,Lower Prut Lakes” Ramsar site, in the southwestern part of the Republic of Moldova. New information on the presence of five rare species – Acorus calamus L., Allium sphaeropodum Klokov, Dichodon viscidum (M. Bieb.) Holub, Leucojum aestivum L. and Ornithogalum boucheanum (Kunth) Asch. in the studied territory, as well as bioecological, chorological, habitat, sozological peculiarities, and some population characters are elucidated.
The article presents data on the new vascular plant species Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. (=Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.), belonging to the Asteraceae family, in the spontaneous flora of the Republic of Moldova. Populations of this new species were recorded in the south of the republic, on the territory of the Ramsar site ,,Lower Prut Lakes”. Synonymy,
chorology, stationary characteristics, photographic images, black and white diagnostic illustrations are presented, as well as some useful plant properties.
