New distribution data of twenty rare or insufficiently recorded species in the flora of North Macedonia

Vol 27 No 1 (2024): Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium

Abstract

New distribution data are presented for twenty species in the vascular flora of North Macedonia: Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Artemisia annua, Crepis paludosa, Jacobaea erucifolia, Lactuca quercina, Petasites albus, Pilosella onegensis, P. rothiana, Senecio sylvaticus, Tephroseris wagneri, Urospermum picroides (Asteraceae); Carex paniculata (Cyperaceae); Danthonia alpina (Poaceae); Epilobium alpestre (Onagraceae); Euphorbia oblongata (Euphorbiacea); Linum elegans (Linaceae); Melampyrum cristatum (Scrophulariaceae); Myosotis nemorosa (Boraginaceae); Rubus wahlbergii (Rosaceae); Succisa pratensis (Dipsacaceae). Most of the listed plants are rare in the country, while others, although having a wider distribution in certain regions, were poorly known due to being largely overlooked in floristic studies. A distribution map for each treated taxon and photographs of live or herbarium specimens for most of them are provided.