Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Pilosella// Species: Pilosella cymosa (L.) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Hieracium cymosa L. The accepted name by The Euro+Med PlantBase is Pilosella cymosa (L.) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip. (source: Bräutigam & Greuter, 2007-2009).

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Kazakhstan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat: Clearings of oak forests.

Flowering period: Spring – summer (MAY, JUN).

Orobanche gracilis – habit. Host: Genista carinalis Sm. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – inflorescence. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – inflorescence. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – capiltula. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – inflorescence with involucre. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – fruiting capitula. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – fruiting capitula. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – inflorescence. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – stem. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – stem. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – plant base. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – plant base. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – basal leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – basal leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – basal leaves and lower part of stem. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – basal leaves. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – abaxial side of leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Pilosella cymosa  – abaxial surface of leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake "Gradche" and the Gorge of "Orizarska" River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Bräutigam, S. & Greuter, W. (2007-2009): Pilosella. – 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=Hieracium%20cymosum&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 30.07.2021].

Pilosella cymosa (L.) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:238062-1 [Accessed 30.07.2021].

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.