Seseli peucedanoides (M. Bieb.) Koso-Pol.

Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Seseli// Species: Seseli peucedanoides (M. Bieb.) Koso-Pol.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (2005 in Matevski) and Ball (1968 in Tutin at al.).

Lifeform: Perennial. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from East Central and South Europe to South European Russia and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Mountain pastures, grasslands and clearings of oak and European beech forests. Recorded from c. 900 up to 1400 m altitude. Recorded localities: ridge between Golema River and Orizarska River, pastures between Visoka chuka (Ponikva) and Ratkova skala region.

Flowering period: Summer (JUN, JUL).

References:

Ball, P. W. 1968. Seseli L. (incl. Libanotis Hill). 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. 334–338.

Micevski, K. 2005. Seseli L. In Matevski, V. (ed.), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1572–1578.

Seseli peucedanoides. Hand, R. 2011+: Apiaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3bbc68dc-7ac0-44da-9742-06884c553b8c [Accessed 10.01.2026].

Seseli peucedanoides (M.Bieb.) Koso-Pol. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:848659-1 [Accessed 30.07.2023].

Last update: 10.01.2026.