Taxonomy : Fam. Chenopodiaceae// Genus: Blitum // Species: Blitum virgatum L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1995) as Chenopodium foliosum Aschers., Fl. Brandenb. 1: 572 (1864). The accepted name in The Euro+Med Plantbase (source: Uotila, 2011+) is Blitum virgatum L., Sp. Pl.: 4. 1753.
Lifeform: Annual, therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to North Africa, Central and South Europe to Nepal and North-Central China according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Mountain pastures and disturbed ground- near roads and settlements in the mountain region.
Flowering period: Summer – fall: JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT.
Blitum virgatum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – flowering stems with conspicuously bracteate cymes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – flowering stem with conspicuously bracteate cymes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – inflorescences – globose cymes and cauline leaves (bracts). Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – cymes and cauline leaves (bracts). Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – cymes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – cymes and cauline leaves (bracts). The flowering stem is leafy (bracteate) up to the apex. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – cymes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – cymes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – stem with fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – stem with fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – upper cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – abaxial side of upper cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – abaxial side of cauline leaf and stem. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – stem. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – young plant. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – young plant. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – basal leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 06.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – stem with fruits in different stage of development. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – stem with upper cauline leaves and ripe and developing fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – ripe fruits. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Blitum virgatum – lower cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. References:
Blitum virgatum L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164548-1 [Accessed 01.08.2021].
Chenopodium L. Brenan, J.P.M. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 92 – 95.
Chenopodium L. Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 411- 423.
Last update: 02.12.2023.
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