Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Carlina// Species: Carlina vulgaris L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Moore in Tutin et al. (1976).
Lifeform: Biennial.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Rocky terrains, edges of forests, from c. 800 m altitude up to the subalpine belt.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Carlina vulgaris – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitula. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Carlina vulgaris – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – flowering stem with capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – flowering stem with capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum with developing achenes. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum with developing achenes. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – plant base with basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Carlina vulgaris – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris -habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris -upper part of plant. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – upper part of plant with capitula and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – developing capitulum with involucre and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – capitulum – florets, inner and outer involucral bracts. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carlina vulgaris – basal leaves and stem with lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche DimitrovskiCarlina vulgaris – basal leaves and stem with lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 16.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski
References:
Carlina L. (incl. Lyrolepis Rech. fil.). Moore, D.M. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 208 – 211.
Osogovo nature 