Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Teucrium// Species: Teucrium capitatum L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin & Wood in Tutin et al., 1972) as Teucrium polium subsp. capitatum (L.) Arcangeli, loc. cit. (1882). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) is Teucrium capitatum L.
Lifeform: Perrenial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to West Asia, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open and dry habitats- dry grasslands/ pastures, rocks and rocky terrains, river gorges.
Teucrium capitatum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – habit .Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum -flowering stem with inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – lower part of plant – stems with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – habit. Osogovo, ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River north of lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Teucrium capitatum – inflorescence. Osogovo, ridge between “Mala” River and “Golema” River north of lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Teucrium L. Tutin, T. G. and Wood., D. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 129 – 135.
Osogovo nature 