Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Catapodium// Species: Catapodium rigidum (L.) C. E. Hubb.// Subspecies: Catapodium rigidum (L.) C. E. Hubb. subsp. rigidum.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Stace (1980 in Tutin et al.) as Desmazeria rigida (L.) Tutin subsp. rigida. The accepted name in The Euro+Med Plantbase (Valdés et al., 2009+) is Catapodium rigidum (L.) C. E. Hubb. subsp. rigidum.
Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, West Europe to the Mediterranean and West Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Rocky terrains.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer. MAY, JUN.
Locality: gorge of the Kochanska River. Date: 24.05.2026.
Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicle. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicles. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicles. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicles. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicles. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicle. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicles. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicle. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicle. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stem with leaves. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stem. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stem and leaf sheath with ligule. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stem and adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stem and abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scaled images.
Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – habit. Scale in cm. Specimen from Osogovo, gorge of the Kochanska River, 24.05.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicle. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicle. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicle. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – panicle branches with spikelets. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – spikelets. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum – stems with leaves. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum. Left and center: stem, leaf and ligule. Scale in cm/mm. . Right: leaf width. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Catapodium rigidumsubsp.rigidum. Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. 2009+: Poaceae (pro parte majore). – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity https://europlusmed.org/. [Accessed 03.07.2026].
Stace, C. A. 1980. Desmazeria Dumort. (incl. Catapodium Link, Scleropoa Griseb.). 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 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 158.
