Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) Schischk. subsp. hybrida

Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Minuartia// Species: Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) Schischk.// Subspecies: Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) Schischk. subsp. hybrida.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1993) and Halliday in Tutin et al. (1964).

Distribution: Minuartia hybrida (Vill.) is native from West and Central Europe to Central Asia and Pakistan, Mediterranean to Arabian Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (accepted as Sabulina tenuifolia subsp. tenuifolia).

Habitat: Found in open habitats – grasslands, pastures, rocky terrains.

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring-summer: APR, MAY, JUN.

Minuartia hybrida subsp. hybrida – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia hybrida subsp. hybrida – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia hybrida subsp. hybrida – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia hybrida subsp. hybrida – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia hybrida subsp. hybrida – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia hybrida subsp. hybrida – inflorescence with fruits. The capsules are equal to longer than the calyx. Osogovo – Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia hybrida subsp. hybrida – inflorescence with fruits. The capsules are equal to longer than the calyx. Osogovo – Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia hybrida subsp. hybrida – inflorescence with fruits. The capsules are equal to longer than the calyx. Osogovo – Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Minuartia hybrida subsp. hybrida – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 19.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Sabulina tenuifolia subsp. tenuifolia. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77225860-1 [Accessed 14.01.2023].

Minuartia L. Halliday, G. 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. 125 – 132.

Minuartia L. Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 228 – 244.

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