Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1993).
Distribution: Native from Europe to the Mediterranean and Turkmenistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands, rocks and rocky terrains, river gorges.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.
Herniaria incana – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – flowering stems with flowers and leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – flowering stem with flowers and leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – flowering stem with flowers and leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Herniaria incana – habit. Lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – habit. Lake “Gradche”, 27.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 21.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 21.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – flowering stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 21.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – inflorescence with flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 21.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – habit. Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Herniaria incana – flowering stems. Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Herniaria L. Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 288 – 292.
Osogovo nature 