Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Pulicaria// Species: Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to West Himalaya, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Wet places, on the banks of streams and rivers.

Flowering period: Summer-fall: JUL, AUG, SEP.

Pulicaria dysenterica – habit. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – habit. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – habit. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – habit. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – habit. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – capitulum. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – capitulum. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – capitulum. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – capitulum. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – capitulum with involucre. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – capitulum with involucre. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – spent capitulum. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – leaf. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pulicaria dysenterica – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, near village of Beli , 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60445945-2 [Accessed 13.09.2021].

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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