Alyssum turkestanicum Regel & Schmalh. (syn. Alyssum desertorum Stapf)

Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Alyssum// Species: Alyssum turkestanicum Regel & Schmalh.

Determined as Alyssum desertorum Stapf according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995). The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase is Alyssum turkestanicum Regel & Schmalh (Marhold, 2011) .

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to parts of Europe, Asia, North Africa (Plants of the World Online portal).

Habitat:  Found on rock terrains, hill grasslands/ pastures, on distured ground, near roads, in sparse shrublands.

Flowering period: Spring (MAR, APR).

Alyssum turkestanicum- habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – upper part of plant with inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – habit. in habitat Hills near village of Beli, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum- habit. Hills near village of Beli, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – habit. Hills near village of Beli, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alyssum turkestanicum – inflorescence. Hills near village of Beli, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Alyssum desertorum  Stapf. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:277460-1

Marhold, K. (2011): Brassicaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=13860&PTRefFk=7200000

Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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