Liquidambar styraciflua, commonly called American sweetgum, sweetgum, sweet gum, sweet-gum (sweet gum in the UK), hazel pine, American-storax, bilsted, red-gum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, or alligator-wood is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and…

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: Pyrola chlorantha var. convoluta, Pyrola chlorantha var. paucifolia, Pyrola chlorantha var. revoluta, Pyrola convoluta, Pyrola oxypetala, Pyrola virens, Pyrola virens var. convoluta, Pyrola virens var. saximontana Other names: Greenflowered Wintergreen Family: Ericaceae Flower Colour: white, green, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, According…

Other names: Umbellate Wintergreen, Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine Family: Ericaceae Flower Colour: white, pink, Type of flowering: number of petals 5, a species that for a long time we only knew from books, which we were fortunate enough to see in the wild. Location: Bavaria, South Germany, 23.06.2024