Crepis conyzifolia (Gouan) A. Kern.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Crepis// Species:  Crepis conyzifolia (Gouan) A. Kern.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Sell (1976 in Tutin et al.) and Gajić (1975 in Josifović) .

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Türkiye and Transcaucasus according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Subalpine pastures, starting at c. 1800 m altitude and above.

Flowering period: Summer (JUL).

Locality: Carev Vrv Peak. Date: 15.07.2023.

*Crepis conyzifolia* – habit. Osogovo – pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Carev Vrv Peak. Date: 06.07.2024.

*Crepis conyzifolia* – habit. Osogovo – pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Crepis conyzifolia (Gouan) A.Kern. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:199779-1 [Accessed 02.10.2023].

 Crepis conyzifolia. 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/29149c07-76ff-496f-a0e5-a66e6df28738 [Accessed 02.10.2023].

Gajić, M. 1975. Rod Crepis L. In Josifović (ed.), Flora SR Srbije, VII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 319-336.

Sell, P. D. 1976. Crepis 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. 344–357.

Last update: 20.12.2025.

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