Other names: Grass-leaved Flag, Plum Iris, Plum Tart Iris Family: Iridaceae Flower Colour: pink, lavender, blue, Type of flowering: other flowers, Found on 17/05/2024 in northern Istria; Croatia, near the village of Vrh in a sparse mixed pine forest. Unfortunately there were only a few plants. The species does not seem to be very common on the peninsula.

Synonyms: Carduus macrocephalus, Carduus macrolepis, Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus, Carduus nutans subsp. macrocephalus, Carduus nutans subsp. macrolepis, Carduus nutans var. leiophyllus, Carduus nutans var. macrocephalus, Carduus nutans var. vestitus Other names: Giant Thistle, Chardon Penche, Nodding Plumeless Thistle, Nodding Plumeless-thistle,…

Synonyms: Potentilla arenaria Family: Rosaceae Flower Colour: yellow, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, We have repeatedly found this species in dry, sunny ruderal habitats. In Istria there is also the very similar Potentilla tommasiniana, which always (?) has 3 leaflets, whereas incana usually has 5. In the specimen shown here, however, this characteristic…

Family: Amaryllidaceae Flower Colour: red, Found in the western part of the Croatian peninsula of Istria, slightly south of the Limski Channel. The inflorescences actually look like black balls in the meadows. We found the species only in the area around Barbariga. According to POW, subsp. waldsteinii is listed as a synonym of Allium rotundum, but the…