Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).
Distribution: Native from Madeira, Central Europe to Mediterranean according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Festuca lachenalii (C.C.Gmel.) Spenn.).
Habitat: Dry and open habitats – dry grassland/ hill pastures, rocky terrains.
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Spring: MAY.
Micropyrum tenellum – habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Micropyrum tenellum – habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Micropyrum tenellum – inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Micropyrum tenellum – inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Micropyrum tenellum – inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Micropyrum tenellum – inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Micropyrum tenellum – stem with leaf. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Micropyrum tenellum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Micropyrum tenellum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 07.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Osogovo nature 