Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993) as Silene alba (Miller) Krause, in Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2 (5): 98 (1901). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011) is Silene latifolia Poir., Voy. Barbarie 2: 165. 1789.
Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Key.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Habitatat: Edges and clearings of forests, woods, alongside roads.
Silene latifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Flowering period: Spring-summer: APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG.
Silene latifolia – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – male inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – male flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – male flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – male flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – male flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – female flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – female flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 03.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia female plant- habit (left) and dichasium (right). Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 12.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – female flowers. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 12.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene latifolia – male flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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