Dasypyrum villosum (L.) P. Candargy

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Dasypyrum// Species: Dasypyrum villosum (L.) P. Candargy

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Humphries in Tutin et al. (1980).

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to the Mediterranean and Southeast Europe to Central Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Open and dry habitats – hill pastures and rocky terrains on both silicate and calcareous soil.

Flowering period: Late spring- summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.

Locality: Gorge of “Kochanska” River.

*Dasypyrum villosum* – habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Dasypyrum villosum* – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Hill pastures near village of Beli.

*Dasypyrum villosum* – habit in habitat. A dry grassland in the hilly region near village of Beli overgrown this species, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Dasypyrum villosum (L.) Borbás. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:397836-1 [Accessed 18.10.2021].

Dasypyrum (Cosson & Durieu) T. Durand (Haynaldia Schur). Humphries, C.J. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 203.

Last update: 30.12.2025.

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