Onosma heterophylla Griseb.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Boraginaceae// Genus: Onosma// Species: Onosma heterophylla Griseb.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Matevski, 2010).

Distribution: Native from the Balkan Peninsula to Turkey according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal. Also native to Slovakia and Romania according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Valdés, 2011).

Lifeform:  Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Habitat: Dry and open habitats- grasslands, pastures, rocky terrains, river gorges, clearings of mixed oak forests.

Flowering period:  Summer: JUN, JUL.

Onosma heterophylla  – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Onosma heterophylla  – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
13.06.202Onosma heterophylla  – flowering stem with upper cauline leaves and inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.1
Onosma heterophylla  – flowering stem with upper cauline leaves and inflorescence Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Onosma heterophylla  – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Onosma heterophylla  – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Onosma heterophylla  – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Onosma heterophylla  – stem with adaxial and abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Onosma heterophylla  – stem and abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Onosma heterophylla  – habit. Osogovo, lake Gradche, 07/2014. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Onosma heterophylla  – flowers. Osogovo, lake Gradche, 07/2014. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Onosma heterophylla  – spent flowers. Osogovo, lake Gradche, 07/2014. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Onosma heterophylla Griseb. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:119677-1 [Accessed 20.02.2022].

Onosma heterophylla. Valdés, B. (2011): Boraginaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Onosma%20heterophylla&PTRefFk=7100000 [Accessed 20.02.2022].

Matevski, V. (2010). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. II, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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