Pilosella cymosa (L.) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Pilosella// Species: Pilosella cymosa (L.) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Hieracium cymosa L. The accepted name by The Euro+Med PlantBase is Pilosella cymosa (L.) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip. (source: Bräutigam & Greuter, 2007-2009).

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Kazakhstan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat: Clearings of oak forests.

Flowering period: Spring – summer (MAY, JUN).

Pilosella cymosa  habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – inflorescence. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – inflorescence. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – capiltula. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – inflorescence with involucre. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – fruiting capitula. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – fruiting capitula. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – inflorescence. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – stem. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – stem. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – plant base. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – plant base. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – basal leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – basal leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – basal leaves and lower part of stem. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – basal leaves. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – abaxial side of leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – abaxial surface of leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Bräutigam, S. & Greuter, W. (2007-2009): Pilosella. – 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?NameCache=Hieracium%20cymosum&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 30.07.2021].

Pilosella cymosa (L.) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:238062-1 [Accessed 30.07.2021].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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