Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993) as Lychnis viscaria L. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase is Silene viscaria (L.) Jess.
Distribution: Native from Europe Southwest Siberia and North Caucasus according to to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.
Habitat: Found in clearings and on the edges of forests, shaded rocks and rock cliffs, bushland.
Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Spring (APR, MAY).
Silene viscaria – habit in habitat. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – habit in habitat. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – habit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – habit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – habit in habitat. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Silene viscaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – flowers. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – flowers. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – flowers. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – cauline leaves. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – plant base with basal leaves. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – plant base with basal leaves. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Silene viscaria – plant base with basal and lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Oryzarska” River, 16.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Silene viscaria. Marhold, K. (2011): Caryophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=102443&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 03.07.2021].
