Flora

Dinarska večernica (Hesperis dinarica) is an endemic of the Balkan Peninsula with its centre of distribution in the Dinarides of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This perennial herbaceous plant, with woody roots, grows from 70 to 80 cm in height. It has an upright stem covered with leaves and simple hairs. It blooms in June and July, and several flowers form a clustered inflorescence. The snow-white petals have a mild fragrance. It grows in light thinned forests and terrain cuts of foothills and the alpine area.

Hrvatska bresina (Micromeria croatica) is a protected perennial herbaceous plant that grows in crevices of calcareous and calcareous-dolomite rocks, on stony grasslands in the mountains and foothills of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has a simple stem covered with hairs that grows from 10 to 20 cm tall, while the leaves are also covered in hairs. Bisexual flowers grow on long and thin stalks gathered in inflorescences. The flowers are double, short and hairy with 5 equal pointed teeth. The bilabiate corolla is purple or crimson in colour, with four stamens attached to the tube of the corolla. It has one pistil and is propagated by seeds and division.

(Željka Šaravanja)