Glechoma hirsuta Waldst. & Kit.

Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Glechoma// Species: Glechoma hirsuta Waldst. & Kit..

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Fernandes in Tutin et al. (1972) and Matevski in Matevski (2021).

Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Distribution: Native from East Central Europe to Italy, Balkan Peninsula and East European Russia according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Edges of woods and forests in the oak forests belt.

Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.

Glechoma hirsuta – habit. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – habit. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – habit. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – habit. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flowering stem. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flowering stem. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flowering stem. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flower. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flowers. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flower. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – flowers, stem and leaf petiole. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – leaves. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – stem and leaf petioles. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Glechoma hirsuta – stem and leaf petioles. Osogovo, near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Glechoma hirsuta Waldst. & Kit. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:447343-1 [Accessed 08.04.2023].

Glechoma L. Fernandes, R. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 161.

Glechoma L. Matevski, V. in Matevski, V. The Flora of the RN Macedonia. Vol II, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, pp. 309 – 311.

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