Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Xeranthemum// Species: Xeranthemum cylindraceum Sm.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Webb in Tutin et al. (1976).
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Central Europe to the Mediterranean and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Dry and open habitats – dry grasslands, hill pastures, clearings of forests.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
Xeranthemum cylindraceum – habit. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – habit. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – habit. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – habit. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – capitula. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – capitula. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – side view of capitulum and involucre. The outer involucral bracts are obtuse, with a whitish patch of appressed hairs in the center. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – side view of capitulum and involucre. The outer involucral bracts are obtuse, with a whitish patch of appressed hairs in the center. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – fruiting capitulum. The outer involucral bracts are obtuse, with a whitish patch of appressed hairs in the center. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – stem with branches and leaves. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – stem with branches and leaves. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – stem and leaves. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – stem and leaves. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – stem and leaves. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – stem and leaf. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – lower part of stem. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – lower part of stem. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 22.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – habit. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum cylindraceum – flowers (left) and developing achenes (right). Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Xeranthemum L. Webb, A. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 211-212.
