Taxonomy: Fam. Ranunculaceae// Genus: Thalictrum// Species: Thalictrum minus L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1985) and Tutin in Tutin et al. (1964).
Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Temperate Eurasia, Northwest Africa to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Found in clearings and edges of oak and European beech forests, from c. 900 up to 1500 m altitude.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, JUL.
Thalictrum minus– habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– flowers. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– upper cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– lower cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– stem and petiole of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– fruits (achenes). Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– achenes. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– achenes. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– inflorescense. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– branch of inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– developing inflorescence with flower buds. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– flower buds. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– last year’s fruit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Thalictrum minus– leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Thalictrum minus– leaf segments. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” and “Orizarska” rivers, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Thalictrum L. Micevski, K. (1985). The Flora of SR Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp.147 – 152.
Thalictrum L. Tutin, T.G. in 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, pp. 240 – 242.
