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Common name: Bearberry Latin name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. Other names: wild blueberry, wild cherry, cuckoo, bear's foot, uva ursi Description: Bearberry is an evergreen low shrub of the Pyrene family (Ericaceae). It is found in dry, stony places, fore...
Common name: Ramsons Latin name: Allium Ursinum L. Other names: wild garlic, bear onion, spring onion, “levurda” Description: Allium Ursinum L. is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Liliaceae family and has a specific garlic smell. In our country, it is fo...
Common name: Marsh-Mallow Latin name: Althaea officinalis L. Other names: white marshmallow, wild marshmallow, bull's eye, white mallow, “prosvirnyak”, “prenterka”, God's hand, slime Description: The Marsh-Mallow is a medicinal herbaceou...
Common name: White birch Latin name: Betula alba L. (Betula pendula Roth.) Other names: Birch, White Birch, Common Birch Description: White Birch—Betula alba L. is a tree with smooth, thin, usually white bark and a loose, pyramidal crown with drooping young branche...
Common name: Lemon balm Latin name: Melissa officinalis L. Other names: lemon balm, lemon, melissa Description: Lemon balm - a perennial herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae family (Lamiaceae, Labiatae), with a pleasant lemon smell, hence the other name - lemon. Unprotect...
Peppermint Common name: Mentha Latin name: Mentha piperita L. Other names: peppermint, mint Description: Peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) is a perennial cultivated hybrid plant from the Labiatae family. It has a branched and shallow underground rhizome. The stems are q...
Latin name: Fragaria vesca L. Other names: wild strawberry, In Bulgarian slang: belivitsa, kapalica, planitsa, pluskavica, sunitsa Description: The wild strawberry is a perennial herbaceous plant from the Rosaceae family. It thrives in sparse forests and scrubs, forest glades ...
Common name: Ivy Latin name: Hedera helix Other names: Common ivy Description: Ivy is an evergreen, creeping, twisting and climbing perennial shrub from the Araliaceae family, which can reach an age of up to 500 years. with elliptical, and on the vegetative stems -...
Official name: Common walnut Latin name: Juglans regia L. German name: Echter WalnuBbaum Description: The Common walnut is a tree of the Nut family (Juglandaceae), order Fagales, up to 30m high, with a trunk diameter of up to 2m, with a wide, highly branched crown and a deep ro...
Common name: Forest mallow Latin name: Malva sylvestris L. Other names: God's hand, “Moloha”, “Kambula” Description: Mallow is an annual (to perennial) herbaceous plant of the Malvacea family, up to 80 cm tall. It could be found in weedy areas...