Taxonomy: Fam. Polygalaceae// Genus: Polygala// Species: Polygala vulgaris L.// Subspecies: Polygala vulgaris subsp. oxyptera (Rchb.) Schübl. & G. Martens.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski and Matevski, 2005) and Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1968) as Polygala oxyptera Reichenb., Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 1: 25 (1823). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Raab-Straube, 2018+) is Polygala vulgaris subsp. oxyptera (Rchb.) Schübl. & G. Martens, Fl. Würtemberg: 455. 1834.
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Europe according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Raab-Straube, 2018+).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of forests.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
References:
Micevski, K and Matevski, V. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Polygala vulgaris subsp. oxyptera. Raab-Straube, E. von (2018+): Polygalaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/99ecab04-9e09-453c-b3f3-33fe2ef147d8 [Accessed 30.11.2022].
Polygala vulgaris subsp. oxyptera (Rchb.) Schübl. & G.Martens. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77251913-1 [Accessed 30.11.2022].
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Last update: 31.11.2022.