Cota triumfettii (L.) J. Gay (syn. Anthemis triumfettii (L.) DC.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Cota// Species: Cota triumfettii (L.) J. Gay

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Anthemis triumfettii (L.) DC. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) is Cota triumfettii (L.) J. Gay.

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from South Central and South Europe to Ukraine and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Open habitats – mountain grasslands/ pastures.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.

Cota triumfettii – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – capitula. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – involucral bracts of capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – involucral bracts of capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – involucral bracts of capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – spent capitula. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – spent capitula. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – spent capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – spent capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – stem with upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – stem with upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – stem with upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – stem with middle cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – stem with middle cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – cauline leaf segments. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – lower part of stem. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – non-flowering shoots. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – non-flowering shoot. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – non-flowering shoot. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – basal leaves of non-flowering shoots. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – basal leaf of non-flowering shoots. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – segments of basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – abaxial side of of basal leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – size of capitulum. Scale in mm/ cm. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – size of capitulum. Scale in mm/ cm. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – achenes. Scale in mm. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Cota triumfettii – achenes. Scale in mm. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Cota triumfettii. 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/2fd793c7-239d-41fc-a40d-12edbbff5a69 [Accessed 16.08.2022].

Cota triumfetti (L.) J.Gay. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:198408-1 [Accessed 16.08.2022].

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.

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