Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater (1976 in Tutin et al.), where Scorzonera sublanata Lipsch. is included within Scorzonera lanata (L.) Hoffm. In The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) S. sublanata is accepted at the species level.
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from the Balkan Peninsula and Romania to Turkey and North Caucasus according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Dry and open rocky terrains at low altitudes – hill pastures and rocky terrains. Recorded in the gorge of “Kochanska” River and the hilly region near village of Orizari.
Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.
Locality: hills above village of Orizari.
Scorzonera sublanata – habit. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – habit. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – habit. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – capitulum. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – capitulum. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – involucral bracts. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – leaves. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – leaves. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – stem and leaf. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – adaxial side of leaf (left) and abaxial side of leaf (right). Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – habit of plant with tuberous rootstock. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – tuber. Hilly region near village of Orizari, 24.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: gorge of Kochanska River.
Scorzonera sublanata – habit during fruiting. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – habit during fruiting. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – fruiting capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – fruiting capitula with achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – stem and cauline leaf (adaxial side). Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – stem and cauline leaves (abaxial side). Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – adaxial side of basal leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – abaxial side of basal leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – tuber. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 24.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – developing capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – fruiting capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – lower part of plant with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – habit showing underground part of plant with tuber. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 25.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Scorzonera sublanata – habit (left) and capitulum (right). Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – plant base (lower part of stem with leaves). Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – capitulum with mature achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – capitulum with mature achenes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzonera sublanata – plant showing top senescence at achene maturity. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2020. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskiScorzonera sublanata (achenes). Specimen found in Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Chater, A. O. 1976. Scorzonera L. (incl. Gelasia Cass., Podospermum DC.). 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, 317–322.
Scorzonera sublanata.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?NameId=132656&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 26.10.2021].
