Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Sanicula// Species: Sanicula europaea L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in the The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski and Matevski, 2005).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Iran; Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: European beech forests, on somewhat shaded positions.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
Sanicula europaea – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Sanicula europaea – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Micevski, K and Matevski, V. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Osogovo nature 