Flora

Daphne blagayana is an endemic plant of southeastern Europe and is protected in most countries. It grows like a shrub with a well-branched root with hairy shoots. It is evergreen plant, skinned and shiny with small spine on top. It blooms in April and May and the flowers are in a form of dense bloom. It grows in light forests and shrubs of the Herzegovinian mountains Čvrsnica and Vran above 1600 meters above sea level. It was discovered in 1837 and named after Slovenian botanist Count Rihard Blagaj.

Autumn lady's-tresses(Spiranthes spiralis) belongs to the category of endangered plant species in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The slim stem with thick light hairs grows from the ground. The upper part of the stem is spirally twisted as well as the flower composed of 10 to 30 small, green-white flowers arranged around the axis. The smell of the flowers reminds of the smell of vanilla or almond. It blooms in September and in October. It grows on dry to semi-dry grasslands on a hilly terrain. (Željka Šaravanja)