Determined as Logfia minima (Sm.) Dumort. according to the botanical key provided by Holub in Tutin et al. (1976); Filago montana L. according to Gajić in Josifović (1975). The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) is Filago minima (Sm.) Pers.
Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Northwest Africa and Europe according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open and dry habitats- dry grasslands/ pastures, rocky terrains, disturbed ground, roadsides, from c. 1100 – 1500 m altitude.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.
Locality: village of Preseka. Date: 30.06.2024
Filago minima – habit. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – habit. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – flowering stems with capitula. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – flowering stem with capitula. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – flowering stem with capitula. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – flowering stem with capitula. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula with achenes. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – stem with leaves. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – stem with leaves. Osogovo – village of Preseka region, 30.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: village of Preseka. Date: 30.06.2024.
Filago minima – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula arranged in globose heads. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – furcately branched stems. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula arranged in globose heads. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula arranged in globose heads. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula arranged in globose heads. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula arranged in globose heads. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – capitula arranged in globose heads. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – root. Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scaled images.
Filago minima – habit. Scale in cm. Specimens from Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – clusters with capitula. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – clusters with capitula. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – clusters with capitula. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – stem with leaves. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – stem with leaves. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Filago minima – stem with leaves. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva, 20.08.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Filago minima. 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/d537a0dc-84ca-4cac-9597-edbe909b719b [Accessed 12.09.2023].
Holub, J. 1976. Logfia Cass. 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. 123–124.
