Carlina corymbosa L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCompositae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Carlina// Species: Carlina corymbosa L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Moore (1976 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from South Europe to Turkey according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

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

Recorded localities: Kochani: ridge between the Kochanska and Orizarska Rivers, 19.09.2021; between the Golema and Orizarska Rivers, near village of Krushka, 21.08.2020; hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021.

Flowering period: Summer to fall (AUG, SEP).

Locality: ridge between the Kochanska and Orizarska Rivers. Date: 19.09.2021.

Carlina corymbosa – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – fruiting capitula. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 19.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: hills between the villages of Beli and Nivichani. Date: 12.09.2021.

Carlina corymbosa – habit. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – habit. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – habit. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – habit. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – flowering stems with leaves and capitula. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – flowering stems with leaves and capitula. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – flowering stems with leaves and capitula. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – flowering stems with leaves and capitula. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – flowering stems with leaves and capitula. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – flowering stems with leaves and capitulum. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitula. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitulum. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitulum. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitulum. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitulum. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – fruiting capitulum. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – leaves and capitulum. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – leaf. Hilly region between the villages of Beli and Nivichani, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: ridge between the Golema and Orizarska Rivers, near village of Krushka. Date: 21.08.2020.

Carlina corymbosa – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 21.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitulum. with involucre Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 21.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 21.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 21.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 21.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 21.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carlina corymbosa – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 21.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Carlina corymbosa. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/106c875e-42d5-4961-ab3e-4c5d7c7014bb [Accessed 06.03.2026].

Carlina corymbosa L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189241-1 [Accessed 22.02.2022].

Moore, D. M. 1976. Carlina L. (incl. Lyrolepis Rech. fil.). 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, pp. 208–211.

Last update: 06.03.2026.