Taxonomy: Fam. Primulaceae// Genus: Androsace// Species: Androsace elongata L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1998) and Ferguson (1964 in Tutin et al.).
Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from West USA to Northwest Mexico; Europe to Iran according to the Plants of the World online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Rocks with shallow soil in hill pastures on the southern slopes. Recorded on andesitic breccia volcanic rocks in the village of Trkanje region.
Flowering period: Spring (MAR, APR).
Locality: village of Trkanje region. Date: 19.04.2026.
Androsace elongata– habit. Hilly region near village of Trkanje, 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– habit. Hilly region near village of Trkanje, 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– upper part of plant with capsules and bracts. Hilly region near village of Trkanje, 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– upper part of plant with capsules and bracts. Hilly region near village of Trkanje, 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– upper part of plant with capsules and bracts. Hilly region near village of Trkanje, 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– upper part of plant with capsules and bracts. Hilly region near village of Trkanje, 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– upper part of plant with capsules and bracts. Hilly region near village of Trkanje, 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– stem and bracts. Hilly region near village of Trkanje, 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– basal leaves, stem and bracts. Hilly region near village of Trkanje, 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Scaled images. Specimens from village of Trkanje region. Collected: 19.04.2026.
Androsace elongata– habit. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from the hilly region near village of Trkanje, collected 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– habit. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from the hilly region near village of Trkanje, collected 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– habit. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from the hilly region near village of Trkanje, collected 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– habit. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from the hilly region near village of Trkanje, collected 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– habit. Scale in cm/ mm. Specimen from the hilly region near village of Trkanje, collected 19.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– spent flowers and capsules. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– stem, bracts and pedicels (left and center); basal leaves (right). Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– pedicel with branched hairs under magnification. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– pedicel with branched hairs under magnification. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Androsace elongata– pedicel with branched hairs under magnification. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Ferguson, I. K. 1964. Androsace L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 20–23.
Micevski, K. 1998. Androsace L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 4. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 803–807.
