Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Sideritis// Species: Sideritis lanata L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972).
Lifeform: Annual, therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system. Plant with a relatively short life cycle.
Distribution: Native from the Balkan Peninsula to Turkey according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Found in the southern foot of Osogovo, mainly in the Kochani area in open and dry rocky terrains and the Gorge of Kochanska River.
Flowering period: Spring- late March to May, mainly in April: MAR, APR, MAY.
References:
Sideritis lanata L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:458967-1 [Accessed 04. 10.2021]
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Osogovo nature 