Consolida hispanica (Costa) Greuter & Burdet (syn. Consolida orientalis (Gay) Schröd. subsp. orientalis)

Taxonomy: Fam. Ranunculaceae// Genus: Consolida// Species: Consolida hispanica (Costa) Greuter & Burdet

Determined according to the botanical key provided in the Flora of SR Macedonia (Micevski, 1985) as Consolida orientalis (Gay) Schröd. subsp. orientalis. According to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Raab-Straube et al., 2014+) Consolida orientalis is a misaplied name for Consolida hispanica (Costa) Greuter & Burdet.

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution in Europe: Europe to West Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat:  Found in open habitats, usually on disturbed ground- near arable land, roads.

Flowering period: Late spring- summer (MAY, JUN,JUL).

References:

Micevski, K. (1985). The Flora of SR Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Raab-Straube, E. von, Hand, R., Hörandl, E. & Nardi, E. (2014+): Ranunculaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=96830&PTRefFk=7500000 [Accessed 19.06.2021].

Delphinium hispanicum Willk. ex Costa. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew.  http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1004663-1 [Accessed 19.06.2021].