Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1993) as Cerastium caespitosum Gilib., Fl. Lith. 5:159 (1781). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase is Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare (Hartm.) Greuter & Burdet in Willdenowia 12: 37. 1982.
Habitat: Grasslands and clearings and edges of forests.
Distribution: Native from Subarctic and Temperate Eurasia to Pakistan, West Himalaya, China and New Guinea; parts of North and East Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Cerastium holosteoides Fr.).
Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Flowering period: Late spring- summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.
Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– habit. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– flowering stem. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– stem with flowers and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– stem with developing inflorescence and uper cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– calyx with developing capsule. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– cauline leaves. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– stem. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cerastium fontanumsubsp. vulgare– lower part of plant- stems with short sterile branches in leaf axil. Osogovo, Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
