Homogyne alpina (L.) Cass.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Homogyne// Species: Homogyne alpina (L.) Cass.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin (1976 in Tutin et al.).

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

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

Habitat: Subalpine pastures around the highest peaks. Recorded in the region of Carev Vrv Peak.

Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.

*Homogyne alpina* – habit in habitat. Osogovo – subalpine pastures near “Carev vrv” peak, 06.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Homogyne alpina. 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 at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8ac172d4-ee5d-41ed-95e2-50722cb27d08 [Accessed 26.06.2025].

Homogyne alpina (L.) Cass. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:225016-1 [Accessed 26.06.2025].

Tutin, T. G. 1976. Homogyne 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. 188–189.

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