Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Inula// Species: Inula hirta L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Caucasus according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Clearings and edges of forests.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN.
Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – capitula. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – capitula with involucral bracts. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – involucre. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – stem with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – stem and abaxial side of cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula hirta – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 