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Aconitum angustifolium Rchb. – Narrow-leaved Monkshood
Slovenia hosts eight monkshood species with either blue or yellow flowers.
The shape of the corolla reminds us of a helmet.
Our most remarkable species is the endemic narrow-leaved monkshood. It
grows in rocky damp grasslands, between tall herbs, in pastures around pens,
on screes and along streams in the montane and subalpine belts of the
mountains of Bohinj and Krn, Breginjski kot and Mt Sabotin above Nova
Gorica. One of its sites is also in the Friuli region across the Slovenian-Italian
border.
The typical site (i.e. that from which the species was originally described) is
along Lake Bohinj, where the species was discovered in the early 19th century
by the Erfurt botanist J. J. Bernhardi.
Adenophora liliifolia (L.) A. DC. – Lilyleaf Ladybells
This plant is a 30-100 cm tall perennial herb with simple leaves. The nodding,
violet and pleasantly scented bell-shaped flowers are grouped in racemes. The
pistil’s neck is much longer than the corolla and well protruding from it; at the
bottom, it is surrounded by a tubular annulus, which differentiates this genus
from Campanula.
The lilyleaf ladybells’ generic name originates from the Greek aden (gland)
and ’pherein’ (to bring, to bear), because the margins of leaves and sepals are
covered by glandular hairs. The pistil’s neck originates at the bottom of the
corolla, surrounded by an annulus on which nectary glands are located.
In Slovenia, this species grows in damp grasslands, amongst shrubs, in forests
and on forest edges in the Kolpa River valley and in the Zasavje region in the
vicinity of Hrastnik and Zidani Most. The general distribution is eurasian, extending to eastern and central Europe, the
Caucasus and Siberia.
The lilyleaf ladybells starts blooming at the end of August and in September, being one of the few flowering plants that
adorn Juliana during autumn.
In Europe, it is rare and endangered in all of its localities, which is why it is included into the list of Natura 2000
species.
Allium ericetorum Thore – Yellow Wild Garlic
This yellow wild garlic has a cylindrical underground bulb. The stem is up to
35 cm tall and has linear stalkless leaves. The inflorescence is thick and
globose. The perianth is yellowish, with anthers sticking out of the flower.
It thrives amongst shrubs and in rocky grasslands from the lowlands to the
subalpine belt all over Slovenia. The general distribution extends in the
southern calcareous Alps, Dinarides, Carpathians and Apennines.
Allium lusitanicum Lam. – German Garlic
(Allium senescens)
The german garlic has a strong underground rhizome with ovate bulbs. The
stem is up to 50 cm tall, sharply edged above, compressed below the
inflorescence and leafy only at the base.The inflorescence is globose. The
flowers are reddish purple or pink.
It thrives on scree and rocky grasslands, from the lowlands to the subalpine
belt. It can be found in the Julian Alps and in Pohorje Mts, although it occurs
elsewhere in Slovenia as well. The general distribution extends widely in
southern and central Europe up to southern Siberia.