Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell. (syn. Crepis vesicaria subsp. haenseleri (DC.) P. D. Sell)

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Crepis// Species:  Crepis vesicaria L.// Subspecies: Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Sell (1976 in Tutin et al.) as Crepis vesicaria subsp. haenseleri (DC.) P. D. Sell. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) is Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell.

Lifeform: Annual plan. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Central to South Europe and the Balkan peninsula; Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+).

Habitat:  Open habitats- grasslands/ hill pastures, sparse woods and clarings of oak forests, disturbed ground: roadsides, near cultivated land and other ruderal areas.

Flowering period: Spring to early summer (APR, MAY, JUN).

Locality: village of Beli.

Locality: hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani.

Locality: village of Pantelej region.

Locality: village of Shtalkovica

References:

Sell, P. D. 1976. Crepis 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. 344–357.

Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia. 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/2d5e586a-8144-4bc9-b40f-e9fa204bd414 [Accessed 24.01.2023].

Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia (Thuill.) Thell. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77110919-1 [Accessed 24.01.2023].

Last update: 06.05.2024.