Taxonomy: Fam. Caryophyllaceae// Genus: Myosoton// Species: Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1993) as Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011) is Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench.
Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia, China, Vietnam according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Near rivers and streams and other wet habitats.
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Summer- autumn: JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP.
References:
Micevski, K. (1993). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 2. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Myosoton aquaticum. 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=101857&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 13.03.2022].
Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:159056-1 [Accessed 13.03.2022].