Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Doronicum// Species: Doronicum hungaricum Rchb. f.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ferguson (1976 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to the East Central & Southeast Europe to Ukraine according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+).
Habitat: Clearings and edges of oak and European beech forest, from c. 750 up to 1450 m altitude.
Flowering period: Spring: MAY.
Doronicum hungaricum – habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – upper part of plant with capitulums. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – capitulums. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – capitulums. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – capitulums. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – invlucral bracts. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – involucral bracts. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – developing capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – middle cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – middle cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – basal leaves and lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge lake “Gradche” ” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskDoronicum hungaricum – lower cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between “lake Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskDoronicum hungaricum – basal leaves and stem base with lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – basal leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – basal leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskDoronicum hungaricum – basal leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Doronicum hungaricum – achenes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Doronicum hungaricum – achenes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Doronicum hungaricum. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/39d9af18-32f1-4058-a137-4fc010ad1ba4 [Accessed 22.02.2024].
Ferguson, I. K. 1976. Doronicum L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 190–191.
