Chrozophora tinctoria (L.) A. Juss.

Taxonomy: Fam. Euphorbiaceae// Genus: Chrozophora// Species: Chrozophora tinctoria (L.) A. Juss.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (1998).

Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to Central Asia and Northwest India according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Cultivated ground.

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

Chrozophora tinctoria – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria –female flowers and developing male inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – female flowers and developing male inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – female and male flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – male flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – male flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – male flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – male flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – fruits (capsules). Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – fruits (capsules). Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – fruits (capsules). Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Chrozophora tinctoria – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Chrozophora tinctoria (L.) A.Juss. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:340969-1 [Accessed 30.06.2022].

Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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