Prenanthes purpurea L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCompositae, Uncategorized

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Prenanthes// Species: Prenanthes purpurea L. Cass.

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

Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

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

Habitat:  Shaded places in European beech forests – edges and clearings of forests, forest roads.

Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG (occasionally reblooming thru fall).

Prenanthes purpurea – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – inflorescence with developing capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – inflorescence with developing capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – inflorescence with developing capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – developing capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – branch of inflorescence with developing capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – developing capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – stems with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – stem and leaf base. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 30.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.30
Prenanthes purpurea – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – stem with leaves and fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – branches with capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – capitulum. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – spent capitula. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – achenes. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – achenes. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – achenes. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – adaxial side of leaf (left), abaxial side of leaf (center) and stem (right). Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region, 19.10.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – stem with leaves and fruiting inflorescence. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Prenanthes purpurea – capitula and achenes. Specimen from Osogovo – Ponikva, springs of “Venechka” River region. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Prenanthes L. Sell, P.D. 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, p. 331.

Prenanthes purpurea. 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/815f0aab-edda-46f4-a4d0-e6d38df51a2d [Accessed 21.10.2025].

Prenanthes purpurea L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:239557-1  [Accessed 21.10.2025].