Rumex acetosella L. subsp. acetosella, flora of Osogovo Mountains, North Macedonia

Taxonomy: Fam. Polygonaceae// Genus: Rumex// Species: Rumex acetosella L.// Subspecies: Rumex acetosella L. subsp. acetosella.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Rechinger in Tutin et al. (1964) and Micevski in Micevski (1995).

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Grasslands and pastures, rocky terrains, places, disturbed ground, roadsides, ruderal areas.

Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.

Locality: Ponikva. Date: 15.06.2024.

*Rumex acetosella* subsp. *acetosella* – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 15.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, K. 1995. Rumex L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. 1, Book 3. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 452–472.

Rechinger, K. H. 1964. Rumex 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 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 82–89.

Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77223985-1 [Accessed 15.08.2026].

Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella. Uotila, P. 2017+: Polygonaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1468afc0-de85-4fb7-9e2e-695a731c961f [Accessed 15.08.2026].

Rumex acetosella L. subsp. acetosella

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