Lathraea squamaria L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inPlant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Orobanchaceae// Genus: Lathraea// Species: Lathraea squamaria L. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Marhold, 2011+).

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Webb in Tutin et al. (1972).

Lifeform: Obligate root parasite on trees. Found on Alnus glutinosa  as host.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Iran; East and west Himalaya according to distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Woods, forests, riparian vegetation.

Flowering period:  Spring: MAR, APR.

Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – flowering stems with secund inflorescence. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – flowering stem with secund inflorescence. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – flowering stem with secund inflorescence. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – flowers and bracts. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – flowers and bracts. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – flowers and bracts. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – flowers and bracts. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – capsules. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – stem. Osogovo – near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 21.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo, near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo, near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo, near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo, near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – habit. Osogovo, near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lathraea squamaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, near the artificial waterfall on “Golema” River, in the vicinity of lake “Gradce”, 10.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Lathraea squamaria L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:662054-1 [Accessed 13.03.2022]

Lathraea squamaria. Marhold, K. (2011+): Lathraea. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=34252&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 13.03.2022].

Lathraea squamaria. Marhold, K. (2011+): Lathraea. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c03e5f05-4b1e-4606-bbae-894660b7433b [Accessed 13.11.2024].

Lathraea L. Webb, D.A. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 281.

Last update: 13.11.2024.