Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1998).
Lifeform: Perennial, tree up to c. 10 m; Mesophanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Central and Southeast Europe according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Kurtto, 2009+).
Habitat: Woods, edges and clearings of oak and European beech forests from c. 800 up to 1550 m altitude.
Flowering period: Spring APR, MAY.
Malus dasyphylla – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – tree crown. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – flowers and leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – spent flowers and leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – branch with flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – flower buds. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – branch with fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – branch with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – twig. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – twig. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021.. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – branch with fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – branch with fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – branch with fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – branches with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – leaf petiole (left) and stem of twig (right). Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – twig. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – trunk bark. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – trunk bark. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – branches with ripe fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 20.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – ripe fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 20.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – ripe fruits. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 20.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – ripe fruit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 20.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Malus dasyphylla – ripe fruit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska’ River, 20.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Malus Miller. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1006 – 1009.