Paronychia macedonica Chaudhri subsp. macedonica

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCaryophyllaceae

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

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1993).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to North Macedonia and Greece according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlanBase (Marhold, 2011+). Also native to Albania according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) – distribution data for Paronychia macedonica Chaudhri.

Habitat: River gorges, rock cliffs and rocky terrains.

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

Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – inflorescences. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – inflorescences. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – inflorescences. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – inflorescences. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – inflorescences. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – inflorescences and stems with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – stems with leaves and stipules. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica – stems with leaves and woody part of stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 28.05.2025. 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:

Paronychia macedonica Chaudhri. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:435079-1 [Accessed 19.08.2025].

Paronychia Miller. Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 283 – 287.

Paronychia macedonica subsp. macedonica. Marhold, K. 2011+: Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e87fc268-e7bd-4e8b-a7f3-54c5cb74e43a [Accessed 19.08.2025].

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].

Last update: 19.08.2025.