Opopanax hispidus (Friv.) Griseb.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inApiaceae, Uncategorized

Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Opopanax// Species: Opopanax hispidus (Friv.) Griseb.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin (1968 in Tutin at al.) and Matevski (2005).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Southeast Europe and parts of West Asia – from Italy to Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Edges and clearings of oak forests in the Svilanovo region.

Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.

Locality: Svilanovo, 11.05.2025.

Opopanax hispidus – habit in vegetative stage. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 11.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – habit in vegetative stage. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 11.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – basal leaves. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 11.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – basal leaf. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 11.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – basal leaf lobes. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 11.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – developing stem. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 11.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Svilanovo, 15.06.2025.

Opopanax hispidus – habit during flowering. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – habit during flowering. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – habit during flowering. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – flowering stems. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – flowering stems. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – flowering stems. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – flowering stems. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – flowering stems. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – flowering stem with umbels. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – flowering stem with umbels. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – flowering stem with umbels. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – developing umbel. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – umbel. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – partial umbels. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – partial umbels. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – partial umbels. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – partial umbels. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – peduncle of umbel. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – upper part of stem with branches. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – upper part of stem with branches. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – upper part of stem with branches. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – cauline leaf. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – cauline leaf. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – cauline leaf. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – cauline leaf. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – lower cauline leaf. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – basal leaves. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – basal leaf. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..
Opopanax hispidus – basal leaf. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – adaxial side of leaf with stellate hairs. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – adaxial side of leaf with stellate hairs. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – abaxial side of leaf with stellate hairs. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – abaxial side of leaf with stellate hairs. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 15.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Svilanovo, 05.10.2025.

Opopanax hispidus – habit in senescence. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – habit in senescence. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – inflorescence with fruits. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – fruits. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – fruits. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – fruits. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – fruits. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – fruits. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – fruits. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – fruits. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – dried stems and leaves. Osogovo – “Svilanovo” region, 05.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Opopanax hispidus – fruits. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Matevski, V. 2005. Opoponax Koch, The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1625–1627.

Opopanax hispidus (Friv.) Griseb. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:845415-1 [Accessed 06.10.2025].

Opopanax hispidus. Hand, R. 2011+: Apiaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ee2b9a31-015f-405e-835f-15f97da0cd2a [Accessed 10.06.2025].

Tutin, T. G. 1968. Opopanax Koch. 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 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 360.