Tussilago farfara L.

Trajche Dimitrovski

Aug 7

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Tussilago// Species: Tussilago farfara L.

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

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia to Pakistan, Himalaya and China; North Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Moist places - near streams, grasslands, edges of forests from mixed oak forests up to the subalpine belt.

Flowering period: Early to late spring, depending on altitude: MAR, APR, MAY.

*Tussilago farfara* – habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – capitulum - involucre. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – spent capitulum. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – fruiting capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – scape with bracts. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – emerging leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 08.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – habit during seeds ripening. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – achenes. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – leaf petiole. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – habit. Hills near the Kochani landfill, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – capitula. Hills near the Kochani landfill, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Tussilago farfara* – capitulum. Hills near the Kochani landfill, 13.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Tussilago farfara L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:256904-1 [Accessed 07.08.2022].

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.

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