Taxonomy: Fam. Ericaceae// Genus: Orthilia// Species: Orthilia secunda (L.) House// Subspecies: Orthilia secunda (L.) House subsp. secunda. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med Planbase (Raab-Straube, 2016+).
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Křísa in Tutin et al. (1972) and Micevski in Micevski (1998).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution:Orthilia secunda (L.) House is native to the Subarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere – Eurasia, North America to Guatemala according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: European beech forests, in shaded positions.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – habit. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – habit. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – inflorescence. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – inflorescence. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – inflorescence. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – flowers. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – flowers. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – flowers and capsules. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – flowers and capsules. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – flowers and capsules. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – capsules. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – dehisced capsules from the perious year. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – stems with leaves. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – leaves. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – leaves. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – leaves. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – leaves. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – stem and petioles of leaves. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Orthilia secunda subsp. secunda – rhizome. Osogovo – Kormina (region north of Ponikva), 15.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Orthilia Rafin. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (1998). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 4. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 793 – 794.
Orthilia Rafin. Křísa, B. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 4.
