Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Leontodon cichoriaceus (Ten.) Sanguinetti., Cent. Prodr. Fl. Rom. 111. (1837). In The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+) the accepted name is Scorzoneroides cichoriacea (Ten.) Greuter, in Willdenowia 36: 690. 2006.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Italy to Balkan Peninsula; Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Clearing and edges of oak forests.
Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.
Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – involucre and outer side florets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – involucre and outer side florets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – bracts. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – fruiting caitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – tubers. Osogovo, mountain between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – fruiting caitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – developing achenes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – developing achenes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – developing achenes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – upper part of scape. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – lower part of scape. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – leaf petioles. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – rootstock with tubers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – tubers. Osogovo, mountain between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit during fruiting. Osogovo, mountain between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit during fruiting. Osogovo, mountain between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – habit during fruiting. Osogovo, mountain between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – achenes. Osogovo, mountain between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – achenes. Osogovo, mountain between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – achenes. Osogovo, mountain between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Scorzoneroides cichoriacea – achenes. Osogovo, mountain between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scorzoneroides cichoriacea. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7531986&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 09.05.2022].
Osogovo nature 