Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 2001) as Vicia dalmatica Kerner. This taxon is considered a subspecies of Vicia tenuifolia Roth by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010).
Lifeform: Perennial. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Italy, East Central and Southeast Europe to East Mediterranean according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Found in open habitats- grassland, bushland, clearings of mixed oak forests.
Flowering period: Late spring – summer (MAY, JUN, JUL).
Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – habit. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – habit. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – habit. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– habit. Osogovo, near “Saint Panteleimon” monastery, 23.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – habit. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – habit. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – habit. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – habit. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – habit during fruiting. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – inflorescences. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– inflorescences. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– inflorescences. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– inflorescence. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – inflorescence. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– developing inflorescence. Osogovo, near “Saint Panteleimon” monastery, 23.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– flowers. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – flowers. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– flowers. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– flowers. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – flowers. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– flowers. Osogovo, near “Saint Panteleimon” monastery, 23.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– flowers. Osogovo, near “Saint Panteleimon” monastery, 23.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– flowers. Osogovo, near “Saint Panteleimon” monastery, 23.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – inflorescences with pods. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – leaves. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– leaf. Osogovo, near “Saint Panteleimon” monastery, 23.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– leaf. Osogovo, near “Saint Panteleimon” monastery, 23.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica – leaves. Osogovo, hills near villages of Beli and Nivichani, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Vicia tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica– leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Micevski, K. (2001). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 5. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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