© Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Trieste Domenico Puntillo, © Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - Public domain - copyright expired.
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This annual plant with a broadly Mediterranean distribution is present in all regions of Italy, with the exception of Trentino Alto Adige and Molise (reported as a weed also from Friuli Venezia Giulia, and since a long time no longer observed in Valle d'Aosta). It grows in dry pastures and in crops at rest, usually on siliceous substrates, below the montane belt. The species is sporadic in the outer belt of the Sardinian temporary ponds, in contact with the Mediterranean maquis, grasslands and garrigue vegetation. The genus name derives from the Greek 'hypo' (below) and 'choeros' (pig) with the meaning of 'food for pigs'; the species name refers to the fact that the plant is usually hairless. Flowering period: April to May. |
Italian name(s): Cicoria salvadega (Lombardia, Como), Costolina liscia (Italia), Erba porcellina (Toscana, Val di Chiana), Garouna (Liguria, Nizza), Ipocheride glabra (Italia), Petascioe (Lombardia, Cant. Ticino).
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© Domenico Puntillo Domenico Puntillo Monte Fuscaldo, Santa Severina, Calabria, Italia 08.05.2009
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© Domenico Puntillo Domenico Puntillo Monte Fuscaldo, Santa Severina, Calabria, Italia 08.05.2009
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© Domenico Puntillo Domenico Puntillo Monte Fuscaldo, Santa Severina, Calabria, Italia 08.05.2009
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© Domenico Puntillo Domenico Puntillo Monte Fuscaldo, Santa Severina, Calabria, Italia 08.05.2009
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© Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - Public domain - copyright expired.
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© Hortus Botanicus Catinensis - Herb. sheet 008171
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