Cirsium appendiculatum Griseb.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Cirsium// Species: Cirsium appendiculatum Griseb.

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.

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].

Cirsium appendiculatum Griseb. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:195012-1 [Accessed 17.07.2022].

Gajić, M. in Josifović (1975). Flora SR Srbije VII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 196-220.

Werner, K. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 232-242.