2018Flora - Sheetlets

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.