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Scientific name - Gentiana lutea L. Synonyms - Popular names - duntura, fierea pamantului, pale gentian, gelber enzian, genziana maggiore. Distribution and Habitat - mountain species, native to southern Europe, grows on limestone bedrock, on pastures rich in organic matter, from 1000 to 2200 m altitude. Description - Perennial plant herbaceous, 40-120 cm tall. Rhizome thick, branched, yellowish. Stems simple, robust, cylindrical. Basal leaves broadly lanceolate, margin entire, leaves caulinare Sessa, opposite bracteiforme with 5-7 parallel veins that join together at the top. Flowers gathered in verticil 3-10, the upper leaf axilla. Peduncle about 1 cm. Corolla deep yellow, sometimes with brown spots, 5 -6 petals united at the base, lanceolate, 2-3 cm long. Stamens and anthers free. Superior ovary. Blooms in June-July. Fruit capsule. Growth Rate - slowly. Curiosity - SpeciesRare, protected by law. The pictures were made on Mount Albergian in Italy at 1800 m altitude. Bibliography
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Aconitum lycoctonum
Aconitum lycoctonum - is specifically pitetul 'lycoctonum' derives from Greek 'lyco' - wolf and 'chthonos' - land, land of wolves. In the past, the juice of this plant used to poison meat against wolves and foxes. Echeveria pulvinata
Succulent perennial. Short stem with a rosette of leaves at the base. The leaves are 5-7.5 cm long, obovata-spatulate, concave, tomentoase. Blossom side, 20-30 cm long, flowers campanulata, yellow-orange, 5 SEPA, 5 petals, 10 stamens. Limonium sinuatum
Leaves in basal rosette, 5.12 x 1.5-3 mm, limb oblong-lanceolata, 1.3 mm peak cuspidata, dilated to the wing edges pinnate-lobate, 5 cm long stalks. Blossom wing, 20-40 cm, hispida, bracts 5-10 mm. Zinnia elegans
Zinnia elegans - herbaceous annual, native of Mexico. Zinnia elegans was named in honor of Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727-1759), professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Gottingen (Germany), which described the species Zinnia peruviana. Oenothera biennis - Luminita
Oenothera biennis is a biennial species, native to North America, naturalized in southern Europe. It was introduced in Europe in 1614. Magnoliopsida
Cornus sanguinea
Cornus sanguinea grows throughout Europe, rarer in the north, in the thicket, forest edges and edges of streets, from plain to 1000 m altitude. Morus nigra - mulberry tree
The fruit of Morus nigra contain 9% sugar, organic acids, pectin, tannin, vitamins A and C, minerals and other substances. Berries can be eaten raw or dried, in puddings, jams, or sauce. Spartium junceum
Spartium junceum - native to the Canary Islands and Mediterranean Basin, grows in arid places, ground limestone, from plain to 600-2000 m, in association with Quercus pubescens, Quercus ilex, Fraxinus ornus, Cotinus coggygria. Theobroma cacao
Theobroma cacao - the tree deciduu originating from semi-tropical forests of Brazil, Mexico and the U.S.A The genus name derives from the Greek "theos" = god, and 'bromine' = food, food of the gods. Silene bitlisensis O. Tugay & Ertugrul
Genus Silene contains about 700 species originating in the Mediterranean Sea basin, Silene is the largest genus of Caryophyllaceae in Turkey. Silene bitlisensi - herbaceous perennial species, floral stem is 20-45 cm high, 1.5 mm diameter, glabra, glauca, branched from the base. |
 
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