Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Chaerophyllum// Species: Chaerophyllum temulum L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Cannon (1968 in Tutin et al.) as Chaerophyllum temulentum L. and the botanical keys by Micevski (2005 in Matevski) as Chaerophyllum temulum L. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Hand, 2011+) is Chaerophyllum temulum L.
Lifeform: Biennial plant.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Turkey and Caucasus, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Shady and moist places, near rivers. Recorded near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche’ and in the gorge of “Kochanska” River.
Flowering period: Late spring- early summer: MAY, JUN.
Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River.
Chaerophyllum temulum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – inflorescence- umbel. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – partial umbel with flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – partial umbel with flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – peduncle, rays of umbel and bracteoles. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – fruiting umbel. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – fruits. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – leaf segment and stem. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – stem. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”.
Chaerophyllum temulum – habit. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – habit. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – upper part of plant with umbels. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – umbel. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – umbel. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – umbel. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – partial umbel with flowers. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – ray with partial umbel and bracteoles. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – ray with partial umbel and bracteoles. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Chaerophyllum temulum – peduncle and rays. Bracts absent. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – fruits. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – fruits. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – cauline leaf. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – cauline leaf. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – stem. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – basal leaves. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – basal leaves. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – root. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 27.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – habit in habitat. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – inflorescence. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – inflorescence. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – inflorescence with bracteoles. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – fruits. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – leaves. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Chaerophyllum temulum – leaves. Osogovo, artificial waterfall on “Golema” River near lake “Gradche”, 02.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Cannon, J. F. M. 1968. Chaerophyllum 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 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 324–326.
Micevski, K. 2005. Chaerophyllum L. In Matevski, V. (ed.), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1545–1551.
