Taxonomy: Fam. Ericaceae// Genus: Bruckenthalia// Species: Bruckenthalia spiculifolia (Salisb.) Rchb.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1998).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Nanophanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from the Balkan Peninsula to Ukraine and Turkey according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlanBase (source: Valdés, 2009+).

Habitat:  Found in the subalpine belt of Osogovo– in heaths and subalpine beech forests, at c. 1600 m altitude and above.

Flowering period: Summer (JUN, JUL).

Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - branches with leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - branches with leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - branches with leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Valdés, B. (2009+): Bruckenthalia. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=19585&PTRefFk=7100000 [Accessed 27.07.2021].