Daphne alpina L. subsp scopoliana Urbani x Daphne cneorum L. subsp cneorum = Daphne x savensis nothosp nov., a new spontaneous hybrid in the genus Daphne L.

A new taxon from the genus Daphne L. was found in the hills of central Slovenia (Zasavje). With most of its morphological traits it resembles the taxon Daphne alpina subsp. scopoliana, but is slightly bigger and has light pink flowers and less hairy stalk leaves. A smaller population of such specimens grow in an open, natural black pine forest (Genisto januensis-Pinetum sylvestris pinetosum nigrae) on a rocky edge above the Sava River between Zagorje and Trbovlje, very close to the species Daphne cneorum subsp. cneorum. They were described as a new hybrid Daphne x savensis nothosp. nov. (Daphne alpina subsp. scopoliana x D. cneorum subsp. cneorum).