Determined according to the botanical key provided by Werner in Tutin et al. (1976) and Gajić in Josifović (1975).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to the Balkan Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med Plantbase (source: Greuter, 2006+).
Habitat: Wet places and streams in the subalpine belt.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Cirsium appendiculatum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – terminal part of stem with capitula. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – terminal part of stem with capitula. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – capitula. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – involucre of developing capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – involucral bracts. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – spent capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – plant with developing capitula and leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – stem. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – upper cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – stem with leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – stem with lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – lower cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 10.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Cirsium appendiculatum. 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 https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ea3edb97-3b12-4d35-9d2e-3f11acfa0904 [Accessed 17.07.2022].
