Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball and Tutin (1976 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to the Mediterranean and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Pentanema squarrosum (L.) D.Gut.Larr., Santos-Vicente, Anderb., E.Rico & M.M.Mart.Ort.).
Habitat: Clearings and edges of oak forests, roadsides. Recorded localities: mountain ridge between the Golema and Orizarska Rivers, near village of Krushka; Shtalkovichka River; gorge of Kochanska River.
Flowering period: Late summer (AUG, SEP).
Locality: mountain ridge between the Golema and Orizarska Rivers, near village of Krushka. Date: 08.08.2022.
Inula conyzae – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – upper part of plant. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – branch with capitula and cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – branch with capitula and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – capitula. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – capitula. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – capitula. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – capitula. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – middle cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Shtalkovichka River. Date: 15.08.2020.
Inula conyzae – habit (left) and synflorescence (right). Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – upper part of plant with capitula and upper cauline leaves, Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – capitula and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – capitula. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – branch with cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – middle cauline leaf. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Inula conyzae – lower part of plant with basal leaf rosette and stem with lower cauline leaves, and newly emerging rosette. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Ball, P. W. and Tutin, T. G. 1976. Inula 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 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 133–136.
