Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Chater in Tutin et al., (1976) and Gajić in Josifović (1975) as Scorzonera hispanica L., Sp. Pl. 791 (1753). The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) is Pseudopodospermum hispanicum (L.) Zaika & al., PhytoKeys 137. 2020.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Europe and North Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of oak forests.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN.
Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – involucral bracts. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – involucral bracts. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – capitulum with developing achenes. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – developing achenes. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – developing achenes. Inner achenes with smooth ribs and outer achenes with tuberculate ribs. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – upper part of stem. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – upper part of stem and upper cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – lower part of plant – stems with cauline leaves and basal leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – lower part of plant – stem with cauline leaves and basal leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – lower cauline leaves and basal leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – rootstock. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Pseudopodospermum hispanicum – rootstock. Osogovo, hilly region between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo locality, 11.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Pseudopodospermum hispanicum. 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 https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a407383e-f57e-49e4-9cae-da33306be4f5 [Accessed 24.06.2023].
