Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Hanelt (1976 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Balkan Peninsula to Iraq according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open dry habitats- dry grasslands, hill pastures, rocky terrains.
Flowering period: Summer (JUL, AUG).
Locality: Hills near Kochani. Date: 10.07.2020.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – habitat. Southern foot of Osogovo, hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – habit. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – habit. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – upper part of plant with capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – upper part of plant with capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitula. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitulum. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitulum with involucre and florets. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus– capitulum with involucre and florets. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – florets. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – stem with cauline leaves. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – stem with cauline leaves. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – stem with cauline leaves. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – leaves. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – involucral bracts. A: outer involucral bracts; B: inner involucral bracts. Specinen found in the hills near Kochani on 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: village of Beli. Date: 15.07.2020.
Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – upper part of plant with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – upper part of plant with cauline leaves and capitula. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp.dentatus – capitulum with involucre and florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – capitulum with involucre and florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – spent capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carthamus dentatus subsp. dentatus – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hanelt, P. 1976. Carthamus L. (incl. Kentrophyllum DC.). 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. 302–303.
