Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Crepis// Species: Crepis pulchra L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Sell (1976 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from West Europe to the Mediterranean, Caucasus and Kazakhstan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open habitats- clearings of oak forests, grasslands.
Flowering period: Late spring – summer (MAY, JUN).
Locality: hills between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region. Date: 28.05.2023.
Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – side view of capitula- involucre. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – side view of capitula- involucre. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – fruiting capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – fruiting capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – fruiting capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – lower part of stem with branches. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – stem with lower cauline leaves and developing branches. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – stem with lower cauline leaves and basal leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – basal leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – basal leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – adaxial side of leaf and glands under magnification. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Crepis pulchra – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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.
