Knautia drymeia Heuff. subsp. drymeia

Taxonomy: Fam. Dipsacaceae// Genus: Knautia// Species: Knautia drymeia Heuff./ Subspecies: Knautia drymeia Heuff. subsp. drymeia.

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

Lifeform: Perrenial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Distribution: Native from Central Europe to Italy and Southeast Europe according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med PlantBase (Domina, 2017+).

Habitat: Shaded places in oak and European beech forests.

Flowering period: Summer to early fall: JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP.

References:

Knautia drymeia subsp. drymeia. Domina, G. (2017+): Dipsacaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/78645683-648f-433c-8db2-666baf664fda [Accessed 07.02.2023].

Knautia drymeia subsp. drymeia. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77223155-1 [Accessed 07.02.2023].

Knautia L. Ehrendorfer, F. 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. 60 – 67.