Paronychia macedonica Chaudhri subsp. macedonica

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Paronychia// Species: Paronychia macedonica Chaudhri// Subspecies: Paronychia macedonica Chaudhri subsp. macedonica

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993).

Distribution: Paronychia macedonica Chaudhri is native to North Macedonia and Greece according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlanBase (source: Marhold, 2011). The subspecies macedonica occurs throughout the range of the species – North Macedonia and Greece (The Euro+Med PlanBase, source: Marhold, 2011).

Habitat: River gorges, rocks. rock cliffs and rocky terrains.

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring- early summer: MAY, JUN.

Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– habit in habitat. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– habit at beginning of flowering. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– habit at beginning of flowering. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– habit at beginning of flowering. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– flowering stems with developing inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– flowering stems with developing inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– flowering stems with developing inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – developing inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – developing inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – developing inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli, 03.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– habit in habitat. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– habit in habitat. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– flowering stems with inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– flowering stems with inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– flowering stems with inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– inflorescences. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– flowering stems with leaves ans stipules. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– plant base. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– plant base. Hilly region near village of Beli. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– plant base. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– flowerin stems with inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica– stem with leaves and stipules. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Paronychia macedonica. Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Paronychia%20macedonica&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 29.01.2022].

Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica. Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=104329&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 29.01.2022].

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