Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Cirsium// Species: Cirsium ligulare Boiss.// Subspecies: Cirsium ligulare subsp. albanum Wettst. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Werner in Tutin et al. (1976) to species level and Gajić in Josifović (1975) to subspecies level. Species variability: Two subspecies of Cirsium ligulare Boiss. occur in the Osogovo region: Cirsium ligulare subsp. albanum Wettst. and Cirsium ligulareContinue reading “ Cirsium ligulare subsp. albanum Wettst.”