Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Holcus// Species: Holcus mollis L.// Subspecies: Holcus mollis L. subsp. mollis.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin (1980 in Tutin et al.) and Vukićević (1976 in Josifović).
Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Europe and Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med Plantbase (Valdés, et al., 2009+).
Habitat: Pastures and clearings of forests.
Flowering period: Summer (JUN, JUL).
Locality: Kochani: village of Preseka region. Date: 19.07.2026.
References:
Holcus mollis L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:123530-2 [Accessed 14.08.2026].
Holcus mollis subsp. mollis. 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. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d478b2e0-1a2f-4ab8-b292-0b7da55576c4 [Accessed 14.08.2026].
Vukićević, E. 1976. Rod Holcus L. In Josifović, M. (ed.), Flora SR Srbije, VIII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 341465.
Tutin, T. G. 1980. Holcus L. 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. 230–231.