Taxonomy: Fam. Brassicaceae// Genus: Cardamine// Species: Cardamine graeca L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1995).
Species variability: two forms occur in the Osogovo region: f. auriculata with glabrous fruits and f. dasycarpa with hairy fruits.
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to the Central and East Mediterranean region according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of oak forests, woods, footpaths and roadsides, river gorges. Recorded from c. 400 up to 700 m altitude – gorge of “Kochanska” River and village of Rajchani region.
Flowering period: Spring: MAR, APR.
Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River. Recoded form: f. auriculata.
Cardamine graeca – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – stem and leaf petiole with stipules. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – inflorescence with siliques. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – silique. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – stem with inflorescences and cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – flowering stem with inflorescence and upper cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – stem with inflorescence and upper cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – inflorescence with flowers and developing siliques. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – siliques. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – siliques. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – lower part of stem with cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 26.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – habit at fruiting stage. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – siliques. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Cardamine graeca – inflorescence with siliques. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – inflorescence with siliques. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: village of Rajchani region. Recorded form: f. dasycarpa.
Cardamine graeca – habit. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – flowers and fruits. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – siliques. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – siliques. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – siliques. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – stem and leaves. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – stem and leaf. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – stem and leaf. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – stem and leaf. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cardamine graeca – stem and leaves. Hilly region near village of Rajchani, 22.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Micevski, K. 1995. Cardamine L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 3. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 620 – 630.
