Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Heathcote in Tutin et al. (1980) and Cincović and Kojić in Josifović (1976) as Secale montanum Guss., Fl. Sic. Prodr. 1: 145 (1827). The accepted name in The Euro+Med Plantbase (source: Valdés & Scholz; with contributions from Raab-Straube & Parolly, 2009+) is Secalestrictum (C. Presl) C. Presl, Fl. Sicul.: xlv. 1826.
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean region to Pakistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Mountain rocky sites – found in the region between Visoka Chuka and Ratkova Skala at c. 1350 m altitude.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL.
Secale strictum – habit. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – habit. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – habit. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – habit. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – habit. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikes. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spike. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spike. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spike. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spike. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikes. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spike. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spike. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikelets. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikelets. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikelets. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikelet with anthers and stigmas of ovary; hairs of ovary seen under magnification. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikelets. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikelets. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – uppermost leaf. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stems with leaves. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stems with leaves. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stems with leaves. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stems with leaves. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – leaf. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stem, leaf sheath and auricles. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stem node, leaf sheath and auricles. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stem node, leaf sheath with ligule and auricles. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stem node, leaf sheath with ligule and auricles. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stem and leaf sheath with ligule and auricles. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stem node. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – stem base. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – lower part of plant and plant base. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – plant base and vegetative shoot. Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spike. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikelet. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – spikelet. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from Osogovo – rocky terrain between Visoka chuka and Ratkova skala, 08.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Secale strictum – structure of spikelet. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Rod Secale L. Cincović, T. and Kojić, M. in Josifović, M. (1976). Flora SR Srbije VIII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 458 – 459.
Secale L. Heathcote, S.A. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 203 – 204.
