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Discover Târnava Mare Flowers

Burning Bush

Dictamnus albus
An upright, shrub-like plant, especially on steep slopes with scrub, with leaves in 3-6 irregular pairs and conspicuous, dark-veined pink flowers in long clusters.
Height: 30-80 cm
Flower size: 40-50 mm
Flowering season: May, June


Greater Milkwort
Polygala major
Superficially orchid-like, with crimson flowers in long, loose clusters, a showy plant forming patches in meadows and pastures,sometimes flowering well into autumn.
Height: 15-50 cm
Flower size: 10-15 mm
Flowering season: May, June, July, August, September


Hairy Violet
Viola hirta
Only conspicuous in early spring, alow-growing, tufted plant with long-stalked, heart-shaped hairy leaves and unscented, pale or dark violet flowers.
Height: 10-30 cm
Flower size: 15-25 mm
Flowering season: April, May


Jurinea
Jurinea mollis
A tall elegant thistle with cobweb-like hairs, upright stems that are leafless in the upper part, and large solitary reddish-purple flower-heads in early summer.
Height: 30-100 cm
Flower size: 20-50 mm
Flowering season: May, June


Large Speedwell
Veronica austriaca
A rather slender, erect plant with flower-spikes in pairs, mostly growing in pastures, flowering in early summer; the similar but smaller Veronica prostrata flowers in spring.
Height: 20-80 cm
Flower size: 10-12 mm
Flowering season: May, June


Military Orchid

Orchis militaris
A robust, upright orchid, with conical or cylindrical purplish-pink flower-spikes from late spring; the broad, pale green leaves are oval and al way sun spotted.
Height: 30-50 cm
Flower size: 1.5-2 mm


Nodding Sage

Salvia nutans
Steep, south-facing, often in large numbers, flowering in early summer; the distinctive nodding violet flower-heads become upright as the seeds grow.
Height: 40-150 cm
Flower size: 12-16 mm
Flowering season: May, June

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