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Name & Conservation status
English name:
Common Juniper
Latin name:
Juniperus communis
In the language of the given country:
Közönséges boróka
Conservation status:
EN - Endangered
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Plantae
Phylum:
Pinophyta
Classis:
Pinopsida
Ordo:
Pinales
Familia:
Cupressaceae
Genus:
Juniperus
Description
It belongs to the cypresses, it’sa dioecious, evergreen, arboreal plant. Its needles are rich in volatile oil, so they can easily catch alight even vividly. As for the soil, it’s modest. In Hungary it is one of the natural stand-creating arboreal kind in the dunes. Its cone berries ripen for two years. In the first year they are still green, by the end of the second year they become black and thanks to the cindrous wax layer, they become blue. Due to their spicy scent and bitter taste, they are used as culinary plants and herbs and also as a base for drinks (borovicska, gin). As a herb it is used because of its diuretic, carminative, appetizing, digestive effect. It is also good against bile-stone and neprolith.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Black Pasque-flower
Latin name:
Pulsatilla nigricans
In the language of the given country:
Fekete kökörcsin
Conservation status:
EN - Endangered
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Plantae
Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
Classis:
Magnoliopsida
Ordo:
Ranunculales
Familia:
Ranunculaceae
Genus:
Pulsatilla
Description
It’s a kind of goldilocks which blossoms in March and April. Its bowing, single blooms are sort of black and purple. Its leaves are divided and silkily fuzzy. It lives on semi-dry and cliff lawns. It likes the sandy soil, the warm, southern slopes; it even grows on shifting sand. Its bearded seeds are blown far away by the wind, and those, similarly to the maidenhair, bury themselves into the soil as a corkscrew. It’s a toxic plant, but also contains curative materials. It was used to cure ovinia and for painting, as well. It’s a protected plant.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Epipactis
Latin name:
Epipactis bugacensis
In the language of the given country:
Bugaci nőszőfű
Conservation status:
LC - Least Concern
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Plantae
Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
Classis:
Liliopsida
Ordo:
Asparagales
Familia:
Orchidaceae
Genus:
Epipactis
Description
This rare terrestrial orchid is endemic to the area between the Danube and the Tisza. It is a 15-35 (60) cm tall perennial plant. In general there is only one solitary upright shoot, but there are sometimes several ones. The entire plant is remarkable, light green and pink. The lower part of its stem is bare, in the middle part it is moderately and in the upper part of the stem it is densely tomentose. Its inflorescence can vary from loose to thick floral spikes. This herbaceous plant occurs in white poplar groves and planted poplar groves.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Lasting carnations
Latin name:
Dianthus diutinus
In the language of the given country:
Tartós szegfű
Conservation status:
EN - Endangered
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Plantae
Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
Classis:
Dicotyledonopsida
Ordo:
Caryophyllales
Familia:
Caryophyllaceae
Genus:
Dianthus
Description
It lives on the lime, sand-barren lawn in the Great Hungarian Plain. 85% of the plants live in only 25-30 square kms in the area of the Kiskunság National Park. It has pink, compact-headed blooms and it flourishes from June to October. It is an endemic plant in the Carpathian Basin. The EU supports the protection of its production site within the frame of the Dianthus Life Project.
Name & Conservation status
English name:
Alkanna
Latin name:
Alcanna tinctoria
In the language of the given country:
Homoki
Báránypirosító
Conservation status:
LC - Least Concern
Taxonomy
Regnum:
Plantae
Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
Classis:
Dicotyledonopsida
Ordo:
Alkanna tinctoria
Familia:
Boraginaceae
Genus:
Alkanna
Description
It likes warm weather, aquifer soil which contains lime. It lives on the plain and the hills; in Hungary it mainly grows in open, lime-lover sand-barren lawns and in sand meadows. It’s perennial. The external part of the root contains dark red paint, this is the alkannin, which the herds used to signal the sheep that were members of their flock. It’s a protected animal.
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