Echinaria capitata (L.) Desf.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Echinaria // Species: Echinaria capitata (L.) Desf.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Distribution: Native from Hungary to the Mediterranean and Central Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Dry open habitats – dry grasslands, hill pastures on calcareous soil.

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring: APR, MAY.

Echinaria capitata – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – flowering stems with inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – flowering stems with inflorescence and leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – flowering stem with inflorescence and leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – flowering stem with inflorescence and leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – flowering stem with inflorescence and leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Echinaria capitata – leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 09.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Echinaria capitata (L.) Desf. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:399644-1 [Accessed 10.04.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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