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EDRAIANTHUS TENUIFOLIUS GROUPEdraianthus dalmaticus (a karst meadow plant) and E. serbicus are not small enough (surely not true alpines). I grow E. tenuifolius, collected by Joyce Carruthers in Central Monte Negro. It is self-sowing pleasant perennial providing nice blue excitement to bumble bees and to us in late spring and early summer. Flowers with extra long bracts are 2 cm long and in clusters up to 15. Surely the most attractive (new because of DNA test) member of this group is E. wettsteinii from Sutorman and Rumija Mts. in southern Monte Negro. The species resembles E. pumilio but solitary (or 2-3) flowers are densely hirsute. Nice plant is seen in the gallery of Franz Hadacek in a noble Vienna trough. E. wettsteinii ssp. lovcenicus from Lovcen Mts. is not so compact and it is taller.
Dr. Pilous is sure that this exotic alpine is not in cultivation.
I am not sure I understand your comment about "Why exactly Vladivostok."
Perfect images of Muehlbergella oweriniana can be found in Skalničky 2011 No 4.