Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater and Walters in Tutin et al. (1964).
Reported for the first time for the flora of North Macedonia by Vladimirov et al. (2007).
Distribution: Native to Southeast Europe and West Siberia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Reported for the first time for North Macedonia by Vladimirov et al. (2007).
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Habitat: Found in the ruderal hilly region in the southern foot of Osogovo near village of Beli.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.
Silene exaltata – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – inflorescence of femle plant. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – branch of female inflorescence with upper dichasia. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – branch of female inflorescence with upper dichasia. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – upper dichasia of female inflorescence with capsules. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – capsules of upper dichasia. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – capsules of upper dichasia. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – capsules of upper dichasia. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene exaltata – upper dichasia of male inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – male flowers (uper dichasia). Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata –stems with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – abaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – abaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – stem. Hilly region near village of Beli, 23.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – habit of female plant (left), upper part of plant with inflorescence (center) and lower part of stem with leaves (right). Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – female inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – capsules. Hilly region near village Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – male inflorescence (left), branch (center) and dichasia with flowers (right). Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – branches of male inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – stems with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene exaltata – lower part of stems and plant base. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Silene L. Chater, A. O. and Walters, S. M. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 158 -181.
Osogovo nature 