When we walk on mountain paths, we all see flowers taking out their shy little heads through the grass. Sometimes people collect them without knowing that some of them are endangered species.
I will continue to introduce you to some of the species of plants found on the Red List of higher plants, that I encountered while exploring one of the most popular natural parks in our country - Bucegi Natural Park.
It was April of 2012 when I decided to make a trip to Piatra Arsa Botanical Reserve. The plants that delighted me with their beautiful colors, which just sprung from the fluffy snow and that I found out later that they were protected species into the Park are: Dentaria glandulosa, Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop), Hepatica transsilvanica (Cross Hale), Leontopodium alpinum (Edelweiss or Queen's Flower) and Pulmonaria rubra.
1. Dentaria glandulosa
Plant which belongs to the Brassicaceae family, Dentaria glandulosa, is a carpathian endemic plant. This is a perennial plant that has red or purple flowers gathered in racemes.
It was April of 2012 when I decided to make a trip to Piatra Arsa Botanical Reserve. The plants that delighted me with their beautiful colors, which just sprung from the fluffy snow and that I found out later that they were protected species into the Park are: Dentaria glandulosa, Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop), Hepatica transsilvanica (Cross Hale), Leontopodium alpinum (Edelweiss or Queen's Flower) and Pulmonaria rubra.
1. Dentaria glandulosa
Plant which belongs to the Brassicaceae family, Dentaria glandulosa, is a carpathian endemic plant. This is a perennial plant that has red or purple flowers gathered in racemes.
Dentaria glandulosa
Foto: Gabriela Iftode
2. Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop)
We all can not wait to come the spring and see snowdrops, known in our country as "heralds of spring '. The common snowdrop is part of the Amaryllidaceae botanical family. Snowdrop is a perennial, herbaceous plant, which blooms between February and April. It has an active substance called galantamine which is an aid in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, but certainly not a cure.
We all can not wait to come the spring and see snowdrops, known in our country as "heralds of spring '. The common snowdrop is part of the Amaryllidaceae botanical family. Snowdrop is a perennial, herbaceous plant, which blooms between February and April. It has an active substance called galantamine which is an aid in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, but certainly not a cure.
Galanthus nivalis
Foto: Gabriela Iftode
3. Hepatica transsilvanica (Cross Hale)
Cross Hale is a plant belonging to the Ranunculaceae family. It is a carpathic endemic species, a herbaceous, perennial plant.
Cross Hale is a plant belonging to the Ranunculaceae family. It is a carpathic endemic species, a herbaceous, perennial plant.
Hepatica transsilvanica
Foto: Gabriela Iftode
4. Leontopodium alpinum (Edelweiss or Queen's Flower)
Now we will focus on the most popular plant to us all - Edelweiss. It belongs to the Asteraceae family and is a herbaceous, perennial plant. Edelweiss is a threatened species in danger of extinction in Romania.
Now we will focus on the most popular plant to us all - Edelweiss. It belongs to the Asteraceae family and is a herbaceous, perennial plant. Edelweiss is a threatened species in danger of extinction in Romania.
Leontopodium alpinum
Foto: Alexandru Coltoiu
5. Pulmonaria rubra
It is a species of Boraginaceae family, being a Carpathian-Balkan endemism.
Pulmonaria rubra
Foto: Gabriela Iftode
Gabriela Iftode
22/08/13
Source:
Mihaela Ioana Georgescu, 2003, Botanica sistematica, Editura Sigma, Bucuresti
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