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 plant.
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.
Recorded localities: Kochani: between lake Gradche and the Orizarska River, 08.08.2022. Ponikva, 27.08.2022. Probishtip: Shtalkovichka River, 16.08.2020.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Locality: ridge between lake Gradche and the Orizarska River. Date: 08.08.2022.
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.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 27.08.2022.
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.
Locality: Shtalkovichka River. Date: 16.08.2020.
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
Moore, D. M. 1976. Carlina L. (incl. Lyrolepis Rech. fil.). 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. 208–211.
