Scabiosa lucida Vill. subsp. lucida.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inDipsacaceae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Dipsacaceae// Genus: Scabiosa// Species: Scabiosa lucida Vill.// Subspecies: Scabiosa lucida Vill. subsp. lucida.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Jasiewicz in Tutin et al.(1976).

Distribution: Native to Europe – Pyrenees to Carpathians according to The Euro+Med Plantbase (source: Domina, 2017+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Subalpine pastures starting at c. 1650 – 1700 m altitude above.

Lifeform: Perrenial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.

Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida– habit. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – habit. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – habit. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – habit. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – habit. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – habit. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitula. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – involucral bracts. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – involucral bracts. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – involucral bracts. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum with developing fruits. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum with developing fruits. a and b: lower part of calyx setae under magnification – the calyx setae in fruit have a distinctly widened base. c: fruits – scale in mm. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – stem. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – stem. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – cauline leaves. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – cauline leaves. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – basal leaves. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – basal leaves. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – basal leaves. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – basal leaves. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum with fruits. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 30.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum with fruits. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 30.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida – capitulum with fruits. Osogovo – “Markova stupka” region of subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 30.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Scabiosa L. Jasiewicz, A. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 68 – 74.

Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida. Domina, G. (2017+): Dipsacaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/41116d8d-555d-4175-8f06-44224c6effc5 [Accessed 31.07.2023].

Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77227721-1 [Accessed 31.07.2023].

Last update: 30.09.2023.