Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Favarger and Zésiger in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski in Micevski (1998).
Distribution: Native to the Balkan Peninsula to Romania according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Marhold, 2011+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Rocky terrains in the “Ratkova Skala” region, from c. 850 up to 1300 m altitude.
Lifeform: Perennial succulent; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær classification.
Flowering period: Summer – early fall: AUG – SEP.
Jovibarba heuffelii – habit. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – habit. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – habit. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – habit. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – habit. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – habit. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – basal leaves. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – basal leaves. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – inflorescence with dehisced capsuled from the previous year. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – dehisced capsuled from the previous year. Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region between the villages of Shtalkovica and Ratkovica, 29.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jovibarba heuffelii – flowering stem with inflorescence. Cultivated specimen from Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski, 22.08.2023.Jovibarba heuffelii – flowers. Cultivated specimen from Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski, 22.08.2023.Jovibarba heuffelii – flowers. Cultivated specimen from Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski, 22.08.2023.Jovibarba heuffelii – flowers. Cultivated specimen from Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski, 22.08.2023.Jovibarba heuffelii – side view of flowers- calyx. Cultivated specimen from Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski, 22.08.2023.Jovibarba heuffelii – side view of flowers- calyx. Cultivated specimen from Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski, 22.08.2023.Jovibarba heuffelii – stem with cauline leaves. Cultivated specimen from Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski, 22.08.2023.Jovibarba heuffelii – stem. Cultivated specimen from Osogovo – “Ratkova Skala” region. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski, 22.08.2023.
Jovibarba Opiz. Favarger, C. and Zésiger, F. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 355 – 356.
Jovibarba Opiz. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1048 – 1050.
