Determined according to the botanical key provided by Humphries (1980 in Tutin et al.) and Cincović and Kojić (1976 in Josifović) as Triticum baeoticum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov.2(13): 69 (1853).The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Valdés et al., 2009+) is Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides (Link) Thell. in Naturwiss. Wochenschr., ser. 2, 17: 470. 1918.
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Southeast Europe to Afghanistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open habitats – hill pastures in the lowest parts of the mountain. Recorded on the southern foot – village of Beli and Svilanovo region.
Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.
Locality: Village of Beli. Date: 18.06.2022.
Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem and leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem and leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stems withl eaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – lower part of stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem and leaf sheath with ligule. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem and leaf sheath with ligule. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem and leaf sheath with ligule. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – node. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – node. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – lower part of stem and roots. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Village of Beli. Date: 07.06.2025.
Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – racemes. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – racemes. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – raceme. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – awns. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stems and leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem, leaf sheath, ligule and adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem, leaf sheath, ligule and abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem node. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – lower part of plant. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scaled images. Specimens from village of Beli region, collected 07.06.2025.
Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit. Specimen from Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, collected 07.06.2025. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit. Specimen from Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, collected 07.06.2025. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – habit. Specimen from Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, collected 07.06.2025. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – racemes. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – spikelets. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – structure of spikelets. The spikelet has two florets. The lower floret is fertile, with long awn. The upper floret is sterile (male), similar to the fertile, but more slender and with much shorter awn. Very small rudimentary floret is sometimes also present. a – awn of lemma; le- lemma; pa- palea; uf- upper sterile floret; lf- lower sterile floret; rf- rudimentary floret; g- glumes. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – hairy rhachis. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – stem and leaf. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides – A: upper part of leaf sheath and lamina; B: leaf lamina; C: stem node. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cincović, T. and Kojić, M. 1976. Triticum L. In Josifović, M. (ed.). Flora SR Srbije, VIII. Beograd: Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, pp. 464–469.
Humphries, C.J. 1980. Triticum L. 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 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 202–203.
Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides. Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009+): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ac504b5e-2528-4675-9d86-094d384ed0c3 [Accessed 01.07.2022].
