Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Matevski (2021) and DeFilipps (1972 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Southeast and East Europe to Iran, Northwest Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Hill pastures, disturbed ground, roadsides.
Flowering period: Summer (JUN, JUL).
Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – habit. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – habit. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – habit. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – flowering stems with vericillasters. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – flowering stems with vericillasters. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – flowering stem with vericillasters. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – vericillaster with flowers and floral leaves. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – vericillaster with flowers and floral leaves. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – vericillaster with flowers and floral leaves. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – vericillaster with flowers. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – stems and caulin leaves. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – cauline leaves. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – lower part of stem with lower cauline leaves and basal leaves. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – lower cauline leaf. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – basal leaf. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phlomis herba-ventisubsp.pungens – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Svilanovo region between the villages of Rajchani and Spanchevo, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
DeFilipps, R. A. 1972. Phlomis 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 3. Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 144–145.
Matevski, V. 2021. Phlomis L., The Flora of the RN Macedonia. Vol II, Book 2. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, pp. 243–246.
