Twelve taxa belonging to fi ve families are reported based on fi eldwork in Albania from 2007 to 2010.
Eleven have not been recorded for the country in the relevant volumes of Flora Europaea, Flora
of Albania or the Med-Checklist. Notes on ecology and distribution are provided and all the taxa
are mapped within Albania and also in neighbouring countries to show the nearest occurrences
in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. Some taxa in their natural habitat are illustrated by
photographs. New localities for two sub-endemic species, Silene schwarzenbergeri and Centaurea
vlachorum, are listed; these extend their known limits of distribution even further north.