Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Gnaphalium// Species: Gnaphalium sylvaticum L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Holub (1976 in Tutin et al.) as Omalotheca sylvatica (L.) Schultz Bip. & F. W. Schultz, Arch. Fl. Jour. Bot. 311 (1861). The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) is Gnaphalium sylvaticum L., Sp. Pl.: 856. 1753.
Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to the temperate northern hemisphere according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of European beech forests.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 15.08.2022.
Gnaphalium sylvaticum– habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– flowering stems with capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum – flowering stem with capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– flowering stems with capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula subtended by leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula subtended by leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula subtended by leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula subtended by leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula subtended by leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula subtended by leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula subtended by leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula subtended by leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– plant base with sterile, non-flowering shoots. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– plant base with sterile, non-flowering shoots. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– plant base with sterile, non-flowering shoots. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Gnaphalium sylvaticum– basal leaves of non-flowering shoots. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– abaxial side of non-flowering shoots. Osogovo- Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 16.10.2022.
Gnaphalium sylvaticum– habit during fruiting. Osogovo- Ponikva, 16.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– fruiting capitula with achenes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 16.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– fruiting capitula with achenes. Osogovo- Ponikva, 16.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 24.07.2021.
Omalotheca sylvatica– habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– flowering stem with capitula and cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– developing capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– developing flowering stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Gnaphalium sylvaticum– plant base and basal leaves of non-flowering shoot. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Gnaphalium sylvaticum. 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=Gnaphalium+sylvaticum [Accessed 12.09.2021].
Holub, J. 1976. Omalotheca Cass. 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. 126–127.
