Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Petrorhagia// Species: Petrorhagia illyrica (Ard.) P. W. Ball & Heywood// Subspecies: Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana (Janka) P. W. Ball & Heywood.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993).
Distribution: Native from Italy to Balkan Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011+).
Habitat: Dry grasslands/ pastures, rocky terrains, river gorges.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Spring- Summer: MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG.
Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana spent flowers and fruiting capsules– flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – stems with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – stems with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – stems with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – stem with leaves. The stem is glabrous at least in lower part. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – stem. The stem is glabrous at least in lower part. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – lower part of stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Petrorhagia illyrica subsp. haynaldiana – plant base and lower part of stems. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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