Crepis pulchra L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Crepis// Species:  Crepis pulchra L.

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

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from West Europe to the Mediterranean, Caucasus and Kazakhstan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Open habitats- clearings of oak forests, grasslands.

Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN.

 Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – synflorescence with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – capitula. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – side view of capitula- involucre. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – side view of capitula- involucre. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – fruiting capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – fruiting capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – fruiting capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – lower part of stem with branches. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – stem with lower cauline leaves and developing branches. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – stem with lower cauline leaves and basal leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – basal leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – basal leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – adaxial side of leaf and glands under magnification. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Crepis pulchra – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the “Svilanovo” locality, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Crepis pulchra L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:200177-1 [Accessed 29.05.2023].

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, pp. 344-357.

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