Lomelosia divaricata (Jacq.) Greuter & Burdet (syn. Scabiosa sicula L.)

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Taxonomy: Fam. Dipsacaceae// Genus: Lomelosia// Species: Lomelosia divaricata Greuter & Burdet.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Scabiosa sicula L. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Domina, 2017+) is Lomelosia divaricata (Jacq.) Greuter & Burdet.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Iraq and Lebanon according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Open habitats- dry grasslands/ hill pastures, calcareous rocks.

Lifeform: Annual, therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN.

Lomelosia divaricata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescence with fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescence with fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – involucre. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – developing inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata –lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – basal leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – lower part of plant -basal leaves and stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – fruits. Specimen from Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescences. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Lomelosia divaricata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Lomelosia divaricata. Domina, G. (2017+): Dipsacaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1cc63c24-41f1-495f-ac72-fb2eb5b37e5f [Accessed 17.05.2022].

Lomelosia divaricata (Jacq.) Greuter & Burdet. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:915217-1 [Accessed 17.05.2022].

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.

Last update: 18.06.2022.

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