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 zone of European beech forests and subalpine pastures, from c. 1100 m a.s.l. up to the highest peaks. Part of the hydrophilous (tall herb fringe) communities.
Recorded localities: Ponikva, along streams, 10.07.2022; Carev vrv peak: along the springs of Durachka River, 09.06.2024; Mrtvichki rid, pastures, 06.07.2024; Emirica- between Emirichka River and Koshutica, along river edges; 08.06.2025.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Locality: Mrtvichki rid. Date: 06.07.2024.
Cirsium appendiculatum – habit. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – habit. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – habit. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – flowering stems with capitula. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – florets. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – florets. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – involucre if capitulum. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – involucre if capitula. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – involucre if capitulum. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – upper part of stem. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – cauline leaf. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – cauline leaves. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – lower cauline leaf. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cirsium appendiculatum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Mrtvichki rid, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Ponikva. Date: 10.07.2022.
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].
Gajić, M. 1975. Rod Cirsium Adans. In Josifović (ed.), Flora SR Srbije, VII. Beograd: Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, pp. 197–220.
Werner, K. Cirsium Miller. 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. 232–242.
