Seed introduction and gap creation facilitate restoration of Malcolmia littorea (L.) R.Br.

Malcolmia littorea (L.) R.Br. is a suffruticous chamaephytes belonging to Brassicaceae. It usually grows between foredunes and fixed dunes, habitats particularly subjected to human disturb. Nowadays in Italy there are just three small (< 500) populations, all standing inside disturbed sites near Circeo National Park. We are carrying out a conservation project involving also its reintroduction inside the Park to avoid its extinction in Italy, but this could not be possible without preliminary ecological and reproductive studies to elaborate the better strategy.