Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin (1976 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Europe and West Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.
Habitat: Dry grasslands/ hill pastures, among bushes, roadsides, cultivated land and other ruderal areas.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer : MAY, JUN.
Locality: village of Shtalkovica; recorded on 21.05.2022.
Legousia speculum-veneris – habit in habitat. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flower. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flower. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – calyx and ovary of flowers, upper cauline leaves. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – calyx and ovary of flower, upper cauline leaf. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flower buds and fruit. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – stem with leaves. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: village of Beli region; recorded on 15.05.2022.
Legousia speculum-veneris – habit in habitat. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – habit in habitat. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – habit. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – stem with flowers. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers and fruit. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers with ovary and calyx and fruit. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers with ovary and calyx and upper cauline leaves. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers and fruits. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers and fruit. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – developing fruit. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – stem with cauline leaves. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: village of Beli region; recorded on 24.05.2021.
Legousia speculum-veneris – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Legousia speculum-veneris – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – habit. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – inflorescence with flowers and fruits (capsules). Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – inflorescence with flowers and fruits (capsules). Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – flowers. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – inflorescence with fruits (capsules). Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – cauline leaf. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – cauline leaf. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Legousia speculum-veneris – stem with cauline leaf. Osogovo, hills near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Tutin, T. G. Legousia Durande. 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, p. 94.
Legousia speculum-veneris. Castroviejo, S., Aldasoro, J. J. & Alarcón, M.; with contributions from Hand, R. (2010+): Campanulaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/845ead68-17d0-478f-a993-31e6c08648f6 [Accessed 23.02.2026].
