Taxonomy: Fam. Polygalaceae// Genus: Polygala // Species: Polygala monspeliaca L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by McNeill in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (2005).
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to Iran according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Found in open habitats – grasslands/ pastures.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
Polygala monspeliaca – habit in habitat. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – habit in habitat. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – inflorescence. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – inflorescence. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – inflorescence. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – flowers. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – flowers. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – flowers. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – flowers. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – flowers. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – flowers. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – fruiting calyces. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – fruiting calyces. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – fruiting calyces. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – capsule. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – capsule. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – branches. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – stem and leaves. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – stem and leaves. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – stem and leaves. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – leaves. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – lower part of plant. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – lower part of plant. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – lower part of plant. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – habit in habitat. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – habit. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – inflorescence. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – inflorescence. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – inflorescence. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Polygala monspeliaca – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo – hills near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Polygala L. McNeill, J. 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. 231 – 236.
Polygala L. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1517 – 1526.
