Hypochaeris cretensis (L.) Bory & Chaub.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Hypochaeris // Species: Hypochaeris cretensis (L.) Bory & Chaub.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).

Distribution: Native to South Central and Southeast Europe- Italy including Sardegna and Sicily, Malta, Corse, Greece including Kriti, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Bulgaria according to the Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+).

Habitat: In the Osogovo region it is found in open and dry habitats – grasslands, sparse bushland, rocky terrains, clearings of forests in the downy oak-oriental hornbeam belt (Querco-carinetum orientalis macedonicum assosiation), from the lowland up to altitudes of c. 800 m above sea level.

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Late spring to early summer (MAY, JUN).

References:

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.

Hypochaeris cretensis. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Hypochaeris%20cretensis&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 07.07.2021].