Physospermum cornubiense (L.) DC.

Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Physospermum// Species: Physospermum cornubiense (L.) DC.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin (1968 in Tutin at al., Umbelliferae: key to genera and Physospermum Cusson), Matevski (2005, Umbelliferae: key to genera) and Micevski (2005 in Matevski, Physospermum Cusson).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

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

Habitat:  Edges and clearings of forests in the oak and European beech forests zone and Pteridium aquilinium fields, from 900 to 1400 m altitude. Recorded on the ridge between Golema River and Orizarska River, and between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala region.

Flowering period:  Summer: JUN, JUL.

Locality: region between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala region.

Locality: mountain ridge between Golema River and Orizarska River.

References:

Matevski, V. 2005. Umbelliferae (key to genera), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1529 – 1534.

Micevski, K. 2005. Physospermum Cussonin. In Matevski, V. (ed.), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1586–1587.

Physospermum cornubiense (L.) DC. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846605-1 [Accessed 20.09.2021].

Physospermum cornubiense. Hand, R. 2011+: Apiaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/037c846a-9d14-4f3b-91b3-5064f2c5b7fc [Accessed 10.01.2026].

Tutin, T. G. 1968. Physospermum Cusson. 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, p. 342.

Tutin, T. G. 1968. Umbelliferae (key to genera). 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. 315–319.

Last update: 10.01.2026.