Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Crepis// Species: Crepis sancta (L.) Bornm.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Crepis sancta (L.) Babcock, nomencl. ref. Univ. Calif. Pubi. Bot. 19: 403 (1941). Synonyms: Lagoseris sancta (L.) K. Malý, L. bifida (Vis.) Koch, L. macrantha (Bunge) Iljin, Pterotheca sancta (L.) C. Koch. The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase is Crepis sancta (L.) Bornm, nomencl. ref. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 30: 79. 1913.

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

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

Habitat: Open and usually dry habitats - grassland, hill pastures, rocks and rocky terrains, river gorges.

Flowering period: Spring: MAR, APR, MAY.

Crepis sancta - habit in habitat. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - flowering stems with capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitulum. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula with involucral bracts. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula with involucre. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - capitulum with involucral bracts. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - fruiting capitula. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - fruiting capitula with achenes. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - achenes. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - fruiting capitula with achenes. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - achenes. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - achenes. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - plant base. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - basal leaves. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - basal leaves. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - basal leaves. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Crepis sancta - basal leaves. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 05.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Crepis sancta. 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=Crepis%20sancta&PTRefFk=7000000 [Acessed 18.08.2021]

Crepis sancta (L.) Bornm. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:200234-1 [Accessed 18.08.2021].

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.