Leontodon hispidus L. subsp. hispidus

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Leontodon// Species: Leontodon hispidus L.// Subsp. Leontodon hispidus L. subsp. hispidus.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Finch and Sell (1976 in Tutin et al.)

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

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

Habitat: Pastures, clearing and edges of forests. Recorded in Ponikva region.

Flowering period: Summer (JUL, AUG).

Locality: Ponikva. Date: 15.08.2022.

*Leontodon* hispidus subsp. hispidus – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 15.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Finch, R. A. and Sell, P. D. 1976. Leontodon L. (Micrоderis DC.). In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (ed.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 310–315.

Leontodon hispidus subsp. hispidus. 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/b387f5a3-78ef-4d94-b094-2d63086d6b08 [Accessed 17.08.2022].

Leontodon hispidus subsp. hispidus. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77180619-1 [Accessed 17.08.2022].

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