ENDEMIC PLANTS

Croatia, Međimurje

Kockavica (Snake's head fritillary) The flower has a chequered pattern in shades of purple. It flowers from March to May and grows between 15–40 cm in height. It is an endangered species. In , it grows only on the teritory of two municipalities within Regional park Mura- in Međimurje: Donji Vidovec and . They declared year 2016 as The Year of Snake's head fritillary.

Anja Horvat (10)

France, Franche-comté

Campanula latifolia L.

It is flowering from spring to mid summer. We can find this kind of flower in the middle mountain of our region. It is protected and it is forbidden to pick them.

Malik (He is 6 years old)

Latvia, western part at the Baltic Sea

Cross-leaved Heath

Small, 10-40 cm tall plant. Bloom in July and August. The most significant findings are in Saka - Vergales - Ziemupe area where Grinu Resort was established at 1936, to protect this plant.

Annija (10) Arta (11)

PORTUGAL

Name of the plant Fraximus Angustifolia - Freixo It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20–30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The bark is smooth and pale grey on young trees, becoming square-cracked and knobbly on old trees.

Joana Vieira 5. ºD

Country, region: Spain, Canary Islands

Name of the plant: Drago de Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria´s Drago)

Description: Dragon trees are brown and green and can be 20 metres high with a trunk of 20 metres in circumference. It is a variety of the Canarian dragon tree, discovered recently in the cliffs and slopes of the southwest of the island. The current population is not very abundant. It is about 70 copies.

Yasira Bounouara Ortega 8 years old

Country, region : Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland Name of the plant/animal ______Common Name: Primrose Scientific Name: Primula vulgaris Irish Name: Sabhaircín Family Group: Primulacea e

The Latin name translates a s 'First flower'. The plant generally flowers from April to May when its pale yellow 2- 3cm flowers with their deep yellow centres decorate grassy banks, woodlands and roadsides. Each flower has its own leafless stalk. Primrose has quite large, crinkled leaves which can be up to 12cm long. Like Primula veris, the Primrose has two types of flower on each plant – thrum- eyed and pin- eyed. Thrum - eyed means that the stigma is shorter than the anthers, pin -eyed means the stigma is longer than the anthers and projects like a little pin.

Strahoninec, Croatia May, 2016