Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Gajić (1975 in Josifović), Chater and Walters (1976 in Tutin et al.) and Barone et al. (2022). In Flora Europaea (Chater and Walters in Tutin et al., 1976) Senecio rupestris Waldst. & Kit. was included within Senecio squalidus L.
Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Central Europe to Italy, Sardinia, Southeast Europe and Aegean Islands according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+).
Habitat: Mountain pastures. Recorded in the region of Carev Vrv Peak, at c. 2080 m a.s.l.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Locality: Carev Vrv Peak. Date: 06.07.2024.
Senecio rupestris – habit. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – habit. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – habit. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – habit. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitula. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitula. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitulum. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitulum. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – side view of capitulum and involucre. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – side view of capitulum and involucre. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – side view of capitulum and involucre; upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – spent capitula. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – stem and leaves. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – leaf. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – leaf. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – leaf. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – stem and lower leaf. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – lower leaves. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – stem and lower leaf. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris –adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris –adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – developing shoot. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..Senecio rupestris – developing shoot. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: Carev Vrv Peak. Date: 15.07.2023.
Senecio rupestris – habit. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Senecio rupestris – habit. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – habit. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitula. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitula. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitula. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitulum. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitulum. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitulum. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – capitulum. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – involucral bracts. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – involucral bracts. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – stems with leaves. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – stem and leaves. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – stem and leaves. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – habit. Scale in cm. Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Senecio rupestris – ovary and papus of marginal and inner florets and indumentum of ovary under mag hairs under marginal . Osogovo – “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Barone, G., Domina, G., Bartolucci, F., Galasso, G. and Peruzzi L. (2022). A Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Revision of the Senecio squalidus Group (Asteraceae). Plants (Basel), 11 (19): 2597. doi: 10.3390/plants11192597. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9572006/pdf/plants-11-02597.pdf [Accessed 17.08.2023].
Chater, A.O. and Walters, S.M. 1976. Senecio 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. 191–205.
Gajić, M. 1975. Rod Senecio L. In Josifović (ed.), Flora SR Srbije, VII. Beograd: Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, pp. 142–170.
Senecio rupestris. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1632d0f2-0db1-4549-896c-5de5310d8d00 [Accessed 17.08.2023].
