Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Dostál in Tutin et al. (1976) as Centaurea pannonica (Heuffel) Simonkai, Math. Term.Közl.24: 620 (1891) – subsp. pannonica. According to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) this taxon is a synonym of Centaurea jacea subsp. angustifolia (DC.) Gremli, Excursionsfl. Schweiz, ed. 2: 248. 1874.
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Europe according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Edges of woods, grasslands, roadsides and ruderal areas.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Locality: village of Nivichani. Date: 13.08.2023.
Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – habit. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – habit. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – habit. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – habit. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – habit. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – upper part of plant. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – side view of capitulum – involucre. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – side view of capitulum – involucre. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – side view of capitulum – involucre. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – side view of capitulum – involucre. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – side view of capitulum – involucre. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – side view of capitulum – involucre. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – stems with leaves. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – upper part of stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – upper part of stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – middle cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – middle cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – middle cauline leaf. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – lower cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – stem. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – stem. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – lower part of stems. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – stem base – involucre. Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – upper part of plant with branches. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – upper part of plant with branches. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – capitulum. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – outer florets. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – inner florets. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Centaurea jaceasubsp.angustifolia – outer, middle and inner involucral bracts (left to right). Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – village of Nivichani, 13.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Centaurea jaceasubsp. angustifolia. 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/d4eccf34-ec36-4448-9ca5-015ddc6fe6a5 [Accessed 17.08.2023].
Dostál, J. 1976. Centaurea 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. 254–301.
