Crepis sancta (L.) Bornm.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Crepis// Species: Crepis sancta (L.) Bornm.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Sell (1976 in Tutin et al.) as Crepis sancta (L.) Babcock, nomencl. ref. Univ. Calif. Pubi. Bot. 19: 403 (1941). Synonyms: Lagoseris sancta (L.) K. Malý, L. bifida (Vis.) Koch, L. macrantha (Bunge) Iljin, Pterotheca sancta (L.) C. Koch. The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) is Crepis sancta (L.) Bornm, nomencl. ref. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 30: 79. 1913.

Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to the Mediterranean and Iran, Arabian Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Open and dry habitats – grassland, hill pastures, rocks and rocky terrains, clearings of oak forests, river gorges.

Flowering period: Spring (MAR, APR, MAY).

Locality: gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 05.04.2021.

Crepis sancta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitula. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitula. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – involucre of capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – involucre of capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – basal leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – basal leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 08.05.2021.

Crepis sancta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – flowering stems – synflorescence with capitula. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitula. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitula. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – fruiting capitula. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitula with involucral bracts. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – plant base. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – basal leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 22.05.2021.

Crepis sancta – fruiting capitula with achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – fruiting capitula with achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: village of Rajchani. Date: 22.04.2023.

Crepis sancta – habit. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – habit. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – habit. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – habit. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – habit. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitula. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – upper part of stem and bract. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – upper part of stem and bract. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – stem. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – leaves. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – leaves. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: village of Beli. Date: 02.06.2023.

Crepis sancta – habit. Osogovo – village Beli region, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitulum. Osogovo – village Beli region, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo – village Beli region, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – involucre of fruiting capitulum. Osogovo – village Beli region, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitulum with achenes. Osogovo – village Beli region, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitulum with achenes and hairy receptacle. Osogovo – village Beli region, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – capitulum with achenes and hairy receptacle. Osogovo – village Beli region, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – leaves. Osogovo – village Beli region, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – achenes. Scale in mm. Osogovo – village Beli region, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta – body of achenes under magnification. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Crepis sancta. 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?NameCache=Crepis%20sancta&PTRefFk=7000000 [Acessed 18.08.2021].

Crepis sancta. 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 at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cdec722e-e91f-4d43-9e0c-6fc28e9ff3d5 [Accessed 22.12.2024].

Crepis sancta (L.) Bornm. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:200234-1 [Accessed 18.08.2021].

Sell, P. D. 1976. Crepis L. 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. 344–357.

Last update: 22.12.2024.