Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).
Distribution: Native from Southeast Europe to Afghanistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Dry grasslands, hill pastures, rocky terrains.
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.
Koeleria nitidula– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– lower part of plant- basal leaves and stems with cauline leaves . Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula – stems with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– stem with cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula – stem with cauline leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula – leaf sheath with ligule. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula– stem node and leaf with ligule. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula – plant base – basal leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula – basal leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula – basal leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula – basal leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Koeleria nitidula – spikelets. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 