Plantago holosteum Scop.

Taxonomy: Fam. Plantaginaceae// Genus: Plantago// Species: Plantago holosteum  Scop.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976), where Plantago holosteum Scop. is included within Plantago subulata L. In The Euro+Med PlanBase (source: Marhold, 2011+) Plantago holosteum Scop. is accepted at species level.

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Spain to Southeast Europe, Turkey and Syria according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlanBase (source: Marhold, 2011+).

Habitat: Open habitats- hill pastures, dry grasslands, rocky terrains, subalpine pastures, from the lowland up to c. 1450 m altitude.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

Plantago holosteum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – leaves and lower part of scapes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – leaves and lower part of scapes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River“, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River“, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – scapes with inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River“, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – leaves and lower part of scapes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River“, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 21.06.2015. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 21.06.2015. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 21.06.2015. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – habit (left) and inflorescence (right). Osogovo, Ponikva, 21.06.2015. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Plantago holosteum – leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 21.06.2015. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Plantago holosteum. Marhold, K. (2011+): Plantago. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Plantago%20holosteum&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 26.01.2022].

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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