Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski in Micevski (2005) as Orlaya daucoides (L.) Greuter; Heywood in Tutin et al. (1968) – as Orlaya kochii Heywood. The accepted name in The Euro+Med Plantbase (Hand, 2011+) is Orlaya daucoides (L.) Greuter.
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Found in rocky terrains, river gorges, alongside roads.
Flowering period: Spring: (APR-)MAY(-JUN).
Orlaya daucoides – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – inflorescence (umbel). Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – umbel. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – umbel. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – umbel with flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – umbel with flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – stems with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – umbel. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – flowering and fruiting umbels. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – umbel with fruits. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – fruits. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – fruits. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – fruits. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – cauline leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – cauline leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Orlaya daucoides – cauline leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Orlaya Hoffm. Heywood, V.H. in 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, pp. 372 -373.
Orlaya Hoffm. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1658 – 1660.
