Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Brenan in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski (1995) as Chenopodium botrys L. The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Uotila, 2011+) is Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants.
Lifeform: Аnnual, therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Central and South Europe to Mongolia, Central Himalaya and Arabian Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Rocky terrains, roadsides.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.
Dysphania botrys – habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Dysphania botrys – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – stems with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – stem and leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – stem. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – flowering stems with dichasia. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys -dichasia. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – lower part of plant- stems with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – lower part of plant- stems with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Dysphania botrys – cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Chenopodium L. Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 411 – 423.
Chenopodium L. Brenan, J.P.M. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 92 – 95.
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