Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Stellaria// Species: Stellaria media (L.) Cirillo
Determined as Stellaria media (L.) Vill according to the botanical keys provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993) and Flora Europaea Vol. 1 (Tutin et al., 1964). The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase is Stellaria media (L.) Cirillo.
Habitat: A very common and widespread spring plant found in moist places and on disturbed ground- near roads, orchards, arable land, near and in settlements, urban areas, gardens.
Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia, North and Northeast Tropical Africa. Introduced elsewhere (Plants of the World Online portal).
Lifeform: Annual, therophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Flowering period: Early spring – early summer (MAR, APR, MAY, JUN).
References:
Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Stellaria%20media&PTRefFk=7200000
Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:159330-1
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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