Taxonomy: Fam. Malvaceae// Genus: Althaea // Species: Althaea cannabina L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (1998).
Distribution: Native from Central and South Europe to Kazakhstan and Pakistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Ruderal areas – near cultivated land, alongside roads.
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Althaea cannabina – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Althaea cannabina – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Althaea cannabina – flowering stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Althaea cannabina – flowering stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Althaea cannabina – flower and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Althaea cannabina -flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Althaea cannabina -fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Althaea cannabina – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Althaea cannabina – cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Althaea cannabina – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – flowering stems. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – flowering stems. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – flower. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – flower. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – flower. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – side view of flower – calyx and epicalyx. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – side view of flower – calyx and epicalyx. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – fruit – schizocarp. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – stem with leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.. Althaea cannabina – leaf and lower part of stem. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 07.10.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..
References:
Althaea L. Tutin, T.G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 253.
Althaea L. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 831 – 835.
