Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Eryngium// Species: Eryngium campestre L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater (1968 in Tutin et al.) and Micevski (2005 in Matevski).
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Caucasus, North Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open and dry habitats – dry grasslands, pastures and rocky terrains. Recorded from the lowland up to c. 1550 m altitude. Recorded localities: hills near Kochani, gorge of “Kochanska” River, village of Beli, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, Ponikva.
Flowering period: Summer- autumn: JUL, AUG, SEP.
Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River.
Eryngium campestre– habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre– capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre– capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre– capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre– basal leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Eryngium campestre– basal leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River.
Eryngium campestre– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre– capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre– capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre– upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre– stem with upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre– basal leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: hills near Kochani.
Eryngium campestre – habit (left) and upper part of plant with capitula. Southern foot of Osogovo, hills near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre – capitulum. Southern foot of Osogovo Mountains, hills near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre – basal leaves. Southern foot of Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: village of Beli.
Eryngium campestre – habit. Osogovo , hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre – upper part of plant with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre – capitulum. Osogovo , hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Eryngium campestre – basal leaves. Osogovo , hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
Chater, A. O. 1968. Eryngium L. 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 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 320–324.
Micevski, K. 2005. Eryngium L. In Matevski, V. (ed.), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1537–1542.
