Tyrimnus leucographus (L.) Cass.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Tyrimnus // Species: Tyrimnus leucographus (L.) Cass.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Moore, Tutin and Walters (1976 in Tutin et al., Compositae: key to genera) and do Amaral Franco (1976 in Tutin et al., Tyrimnus).

Lifeform: Annual (therophyte) or biennial plant.

Distribution: Native to the Mediterranean region according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal and The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+)

Habitat: Hill pastures, disturbed ground – roadsides. Recorded on two localities: village of Beli and hilly region between the village of Rajchani and Svilanovo locality.

Flowering period: Late spring to early summer (MAY, JUN).

Locality: hilly region between village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality.

Locality: village of Beli.

References:

do Amaral Franco, J. 1976. Tyrimnus (Cass.) Cass. 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. 244.

Moore, D. M. Tutin, T. G. & Walters, S. M. 1976. Compositae (key to genera). 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. 103–109.

Tyrimnus leucographus. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3e198bc5-671f-4637-9290-90e0fb1833b3 [Accessed 25.01.2026].

Tyrimnus leucographus. 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 on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=130754&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 30.05.2021].

Tyrimnus leucographus (L.) Cass. Plants of the World Online portal. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:256981-1 [Accessed 30.05.2021].

Last update: 25.01.2026.