Determined according to the botanical key provided by Coombe in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (2001).
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to the Balkan Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Sparse woods, among bushes and clearings of oak forests.
Flowering period: Spring – summer: APR, MAY, JUN, JUL.
Trifolium pignantii– habit. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– habit. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– habit. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– habit. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– flowering stem. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– stem with inflorescence. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– inflorescence subtended by the two uppermost leaves. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– inflorescence subtended by the two uppermost leaves. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– inflorescence subtended by the two uppermost leaves. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– inflorescence. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– flowers. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– flowers. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– flowers. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– flowers. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– flowers. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– flowers. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– flowers. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– uppermost leaves with stipules. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– uppermost leaves. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– stem with leaves. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– developing stems. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– developing stems. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– stem with leaf and axillary shoot. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– stem with leaf and axillary shoot. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– abaxial side of leaf and stipules. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– stem with patent hairs, stipules of leaf. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– stem with patent hairs and stipules. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pignantii– rhizome and base of stem. Osogovo – Manilovo (village of Bezikovo region), 28.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Trifolium L. Coombe, D.E. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 157 – 172.
Trifolium L. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (2001). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 5. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1290-1345.
