Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin (1968 in Tutin at al., key to genera and Pastinaca L.), Matevski (2005, key to genera) and Micevski, Kostadinovski and Matevski (2005 in Matevski, Pastinaca L.).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to the Balkan Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Hand, 2011+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Mountain grasslands and clearings of forests at c. 1350 m altitude.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
Pastinaca hirsuta– habit. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– habit. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– habit. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– habit. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– habit. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– upper part of plant with umbels. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– umbel. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– umbel. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– umbel. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– umbel. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– partial umbel with flowers. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– partial umbel with flowers. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– partial umbels with flowers. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– bracteoles of partial umbel. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– peduncle with bracts, rays and partial umbels with bracteoles. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– bracteoles of partial umbel. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– bracteoles of partial umbel. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– bracteoles of partial umbel. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– bracts. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– bracts. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– bracts. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruiting umbel. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– stems and cauline leaves. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– lower cauline leaf. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– lower cauline leaf. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– lower cauline leaf. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– leaf lobes. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– stem and leaf petiole. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– stem and leaf petiole. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– stem. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– stem. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– vertical rhizome. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 21.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 21.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 21.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– habit at the end of the vegetation cycle. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– umbel with fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pastinaca hirsuta– fruits. Osogovo – grassland between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Matevski, V. 2005. Umbelliferae – key to genera, The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1529–1534.
Micevski, K., Kostadinovski, M. & Matevski, V. 2005. Pastinaca L. In Matevski, V. (ed.), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1635–1637.
Tutin, T. G. 1968. Pastinaca 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 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 364.
Tutin, T. G. 1968. Umbelliferae L. – key to genera. 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 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 315–319.