Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Polygonatum // Polygonatum hirtum (Bosc ex Poir.) Pursh
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1980) as Polygonatum latifolium (Jacq.) Desf., which is considered a synonym of Polygonatum hirtum (Bosc ex Poir.) Pursh by The Euro+Med PlantBase (Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte – geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Italy to East Europe and European and Asiatic Turkey according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) and Plants of the World Online portal.
Habitat: Woods, along rivers.
Flowering period: Spring: MAY.
References:
Polygonatum hirtum. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=53833&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 11.05.2021]
Polygonatum latifolium (Jacq.) Desf. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:205978-2 [Accessed 11.05.2021].
Polygonatum latifolium. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=69031&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 11.05.2021]
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Osogovo nature 