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In 1899, the journal Planinski Vestnik reported the following on the first (and
till now probably exceptional) penalty for violating the law:
“For pulling edelweisses out of the ground, Janez Rekar from Mojstrana,
known as “Roža in Jaga” by the locals, was condamned, apparently as the first
inhabitant of Carniola. The County Governorship in Radovljica sentenced him
to 6 hours of imprisonment.”
Lilium bulbiferum L. subsp. bulbiferum – Orange Lily
This plant has a white, scaly bulb in the ground. The stem is densely covered
by simple, linear alternately arranged leaves. The reddish orange flowers with
red anthers are upright and bell- or funnel-shaped.
The species’ name refers to the bulbils located at the axils of leaves, which are
used for vegetative reproduction of the plant; from the bulbils, young plants
burst already in the ensuing year and can start blooming in no more than five
years.
The Orange Lily grows in meadows and amongst shrubs from the lowlands to
the montane belt. The general distribuztion includes Italy, Corsica, the Alps
from the Primorje Alps to Lower Austria and Slovenia, and the Balkans.
Lilium carniolicum Bernh. ex W.D.J. Koch – Carniolan Lily or
Golden Apple
The Carniolan lily, also known as the “golden apple” in Slovenia, has a green
underground bulb and simple, alternate leaves. The bright orange tepals ,
sprinkled with dark dots, curl back, and the nodding flowers indeed remind us
of a golden apple. They have, however, a “stinky, heavy and foul smell”, as
written more than two centuries ago by the Klagenfurt botanist F. K. Wulfen.
The species is distributed from northeastern Italy to western Bosnia. It is most
plentiful, however, in Slovenia, where it is found in the Alps, in the Karst,
Notranjski Snežnik and the area of Zasavje. The name Carniolan lily tells us
that it was baptised after the former Carniola, which embraced the regions of
Gorenjsko, Dolenjsko in Notranjsko. The botanist who described the species
for the first time did not precisely determine its typical locality, but merely
wrote that it grew in Carniola and in the Littoral region.
Lilium martagon L.– Turk's Cap Lily
The Turk's Lily is similar to the Carniolan Lily. It has a golden yellow, scaly
bulb in the ground. The tepals also folded back, but pink-violet in colour, with
darker spots. As its flower reminds us of a turban, this lily was given the
adjective Turk's Lily. The Latin species name (martagon) derives from an Arab
term meaning ‘turban’. Henrik Freyer, on the other hand, used the name
‘Heathen Lily’ for this plant in 1836. The Turk's Cap Lily is distributed almost
across Europe and in the temperate regions of Asia. In Slovenia, it is much
more common than the Carniolan Lily. It thrives amongst shrubs, in clearings
and forest meadows, from the lowlands to the subalpine belt.
Lomelosia graminifolia (L.) Greuter & Burdet subsp. graminifolia –
Grass-leaved Scabious
(Scabiosa graminifolia)
This plant has linear, silvery-silky leaves.The flowers are gathered in flattened to globose heads, with marginal flowers
clearly larger than the central ones. The single flowers have five purple petals which are fused together.