Synonyms: Jasione vulgaris, Ovilla globulariiflora, Phyteuma montanum Other names: Blue Bonnets, Blue Buttons, Blue Daisy, Iron Flower Family: Campanulaceae Flower Colour: blue, Type of flowering: flowers capitulum, From a sandy area near Regensburg in Bavaria, Southern Germany. Found on 09/06/2024 on a sandy slope, covered with silver grass (Corynephorus…

Other names: Grass-leaved Flag, Plum Iris, Plum Tart Iris Family: Iridaceae Flower Colour: pink, lavender, blue, Type of flowering: other flowers, Found on 17/05/2024 in northern Istria; Croatia, near the village of Vrh in a sparse mixed pine forest. Unfortunately there were only a few plants. The species does not seem to be very common on the peninsula.

Synonyms: Rosa gallica var. officinalis, Rosa gallica var. versicolor Other names: French Rose, Rose of Provins Family: Rosaceae Flower Colour: magenta, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, Found in a garrigue-like habitat in the south-east of the Istrian peninsula, slightly south of the Limski Channel, on 15/05/2024. The plants were only found very…

Synonyms: Carduus macrocephalus, Carduus macrolepis, Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus, Carduus nutans subsp. macrocephalus, Carduus nutans subsp. macrolepis, Carduus nutans var. leiophyllus, Carduus nutans var. macrocephalus, Carduus nutans var. vestitus Other names: Giant Thistle, Chardon Penche, Nodding Plumeless Thistle, Nodding Plumeless-thistle,…

Other names: Umbellate Wintergreen, Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine Family: Ericaceae Flower Colour: white, pink, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, a species that for a long time we only knew from books, which we were fortunate enough to see in the wild. Location: Bavaria, South Germany, 23.06.2024

Synonyms: Pyrola chlorantha var. convoluta, Pyrola chlorantha var. paucifolia, Pyrola chlorantha var. revoluta, Pyrola convoluta, Pyrola oxypetala, Pyrola virens, Pyrola virens var. convoluta, Pyrola virens var. saximontana Other names: Greenflowered Wintergreen Family: Ericaceae Flower Colour: white, green, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, According…

Family: Amaryllidaceae Flower Colour: red, Found in the western part of the Croatian peninsula of Istria, slightly south of the Limski Channel. The inflorescences actually look like black balls in the meadows. We found the species only in the area around Barbariga. According to POW, subsp. waldsteinii is listed as a synonym of Allium rotundum, but the…