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Anemonoides trifolia (L.) Holub subsp. trifolia – Three-leaved
Anemone
(Anemone trifolia)
Our anemones were given their name after the scientific name Anemone, which
derives from ancient Greek. These are plants with a loose perianth, which is
easily blown away by wind (anemos).
The three-leaved anemone has a whitish underground rhizome. The three stem
leaves are in fact trifoliate bracts. The tepals are white, exceptionally even
reddish or sky blue. The anthers are white or bluish white.
The plant thrives in forests and amongst shrubs from the lowlands to the
montane belt all over Slovenia. It can also be found in the mountains of
Portugal and Spain, in the Southern Alps and Apennines, in the Carpathian Mts
and in North America.
Like all anemones, this species is toxic: on the human skin it may cause flushing and inflammation.
Anthericum ramosum L. – Branched St. Bernard's Lily
This plant is a perennial herb with a short rhizome bearing thin roots. The
leaves are grass-like and pointed towards the end. The inflorescence is a
branched racemes, the six tepals are free and white, the inner broader than the
outer ones.
The branched St. Bernard’s lily grows in dry meadows and open forests from
the lowlands to the montane belt all over Slovenia. It is distributed from
Belgium and southern Sweden to northern Portugal, southern Italy and Greece.
The flowers are pollinated by bees and hoverflies.
Aquilegia bertolonii Schott – Bertoloni Columbine
Slovenia is home to five species of columbines (Aquilegia). The generic name
originates from the Latin word aquila (eagle). Although the name was allegedly
given to it owing to the bent spurs of the corolla, this interpretation is not
certain. The spurs were supposed to be reminiscent of the eagle's talons and
curved beak; the flower, however, does not several eagles putting their heads
together.
Of the five Aquilegia species that can be found in Slovenia, the columbine of
Bertoloni is the only one that has been included in the Red list of
endangeredvascular plants as a rare species.
The species is dedicated to the botanist Antonio Bertoloni (1775-1869),
professor of botany in Bologna and author of a Flora italica (1834-1854) in five volumes.
The plant is 10-30 cm high, with an upright stem usually bearing a single-flower, less often two flowers. The flowers
are blue to bluish purple and have somewhat hooked spurs which are a tubular outgrowth of the petal in which nectar is
formed.
The species grows on scree, in rocky subalpine and alpine grasslands and in rock crevices here and there in the
Kamniško-Savinjske Alps, in the southern part of the Julian Alps and in the northeastern part of Trnovski gozd.
The Bertoloni columbine is endemic of the Alps. It is distributed in northwestern Italy and southeastern France, which
is its main range; in Slovenia it finds the easternmost limit of a disjunct distribution.
Aquilegia nigricans Baumg. – Granny’s Bonnet
The stem of this species is glandular-hairy in the upper part. The nodding
flowers are purplish blue, equipped with five spurs which are curved at the top.
The plant grows in meadows, among shrubs, in open forests and in the dwarf
pine zone. It is common in the Alpine district, but can also be found elsewhere
in Slovenia. The general distribution extends to central and southeastern
Europe.
The flowers are pollinated predominantly by bumblebees that usually bite
through the spur in order to reach the nectar.