Taxonomy: Fam. Liliaceae// Genus: Gagea// Species: Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et. al, 1980) as Gagea arvensis (Pers.) Dumort., Fl. Belg. 140 (1827). According to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010), this name is a synonym of Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl., Quart. J. Roy. Inst. 1: 180. 1816.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Caucasus and Syria according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Lifeform: Perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Habitatat: Ruderal areas, near cultivated land, roadsides.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1985) as Ceratocephalus falcatus (L.) Pers (syn. Ranunculus falcatus L.). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Hörandl & Raab-Straube, 2015) is Ceratocephala falcata (L.) Cramer.
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to East Europe and Xinjiang (China) according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Disturbed ground – ruderal areas, roadsides, near cultivated land.
Taxonomy: Fam. Papaveraceae// Genus: Fumaria// Species: Fumaria officinalis L. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Lidén, 2011).
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993).
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe and the Mediterranean to Caucasus and Kazakhstan according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Ornithogalum/ Species: Ornithogalum umbellatum L. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).
Lifeform: Bulbous perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from West and Central Europe to South and Southeast Europe according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). According to The Euro+Med PlantBase (World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010), the range of this species extends to the East Mediterranean.
Habitat: Bushland, clearings and edges of forests.
Taxonomy: Fam. Clusiaceae// Genus: Hypericum// Species: Hypericum annulatum Moris. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlanBase (source: Marhold, 2011).
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995).
Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Sardegna, Balkan Peninsula; Northeast and East Tropical Africa; Arabian Peninsula according to the distribution information by The Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Clearings and edges of mixed oak forests.
Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.
Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Herniaria// Species: Herniaria glabra L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993).
Distribution: Native from Europe to Mongolia and China (Sichuan); Northwest Africa; USA (Oregon) according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands/ pastures, rocks and rocky terrains, edges of mountain roads.
Lifeform: Annual or biennial; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.
References:
Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1993).
Distribution: Native from Europe to the Mediterranean and Turkmenistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands, rocks and rocky terrains, river gorges.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.
References:
Herniaria L. Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 288 – 292.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Halliday in Tutin et al. (1976) as Erigeron acer L. subsp. acer. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+) is Erigeron acris L. subsp. acris.
Lifeform: Annual (therophyte according to the Raunkiær system) or biennial.
Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia to Myanmar and Indian subcontinent; Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands, pastures, clearings and edges of forests, from c. 800 m altitude up to the subalpine belt.
Erigeron L. (incl. Stenactis Cass.). Halliday, G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Erigeron acris subsp. acris. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/05ed4357-8a5a-4bd9-ad39-b826b9a7ef7a [Accessed 23.01.2023].
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).
Lifeform: Biennial; the first year of the lifecycle is vegetative (basal rosette stage). Flowering and fruiting occurs in the second year.
Distribution: Native from Canada to U.S.A., Nicaragua to Panama; introduced in Europe, parts of Asia and parts of North America according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).