Description: A tree that can attain a height of up to 30 m. Leaves up to 10-25 cm long, elliptic, elongated, boldly toothed (lanceolate). Male flowers in groups form a cupule, while female flowers form three or more. It produces 1-3 fruits per cupule, enveloped by a thorny dome. Distribution in Kosovo: Broadly distributed in …
Description: Herbaceous perennial plant with thick axial roots from which arise pinnated spiny leaves in a rosette, with a flowerhead of up to 10 cm. Reddish flowers. Distribution in Kosovo: Broadly distributed in mountain and subalpine pastures. Parts used: Root (Carlina radix) Harvest time: Roots must be harvested in autumn or early spring. Drying: is …
Description: Shrub or tree up to 10 m tall, with leaves with long 3-7 sharp spikes or almost leafless. It has complete and lanceolate leaflets. The diameter of flowers is 8-15 mm, placed in corymb. Stigma of the ovary 1. Fruit is 6-10 mm, red and with pit Distribution in Kosovo: Distributed in oak woods, …
Description: Annual plant, with little hair, or glabrous. It has a simple or branched stem, 30-60 cm. rosette of lobed leaves at the base, with long-stemmed; stem grasping leaves. White or pink flowers, and odourless. Petals 2-3 mm, nearly twice as sepals. Silique 6-9 mm. Stigma of the ovary 0.25 mm. Distribution in Kosovo: In …
Description: Edible mushroom with good taste, with cap width of 3-7 cm, meaty, yellow, with a lemon odour. In young mushrooms, the cap has round edges, whereas in old mushrooms, the cap has wavy edges. Distribution in Kosovo: It is very common in deciduous and coniferous forests. Parts used: Entire aerial parts (stem and cap) …
Description: Edible mushroom of high quality and importance. Its cap is 7-30 cm wide of brown or dark brown colour. Its stem is 8-25 cm long of white or almost light brown colour. Distribution in Kosovo: Very common in oak, chestnut and beech forests, especially in forests with little light penetration. Parts used: Cap and …
Description: White bark tree, up to 30 m tall. Triangular or rhomboid leaves up to 2-7 cm tall,with long and sharp doubly-serrated tip. Young leaves are sticky, whereas old ones are glabrous. Fruits are small with two scarious wings. Distribution in Kosovo: In the forests of the mountainous areas of Sharr Mountains and the Albanian …
Description: Perennial herbaceous plant, up to 20 cm tall, with creeping roots, spade-shaped rosette leaves, stems without leaves with only one flower, whereas side flowers are white or rose colour and central flowers and of gold colour. Distribution in Kosovo: In meadows and valleys from low, mountainous and subalpine area. Parts used: flower (Bellidi flos) …
Description: Perennial herbaceous plant (Geophyte), 25-40 cm, with horizontal bulb up to 2 cm. The leaves bald are 10-20 cm, lanceolate to arrow shape, usually shiny and often with blackish spots. Flower petiole have at least 2/3 of the length of petiole. Spathe is 10-20 cm, yellow togreen, often with purple lips and spots. Rumi …
Description: Perennial herbaceous plant growing up to 1 m, with pinnate and spiked leaves. It has ovate or longitudinal heads, up to 5 mm in a branched panicle. It has a reddish-brown crown. Distribution in Kosovo: Next to roadsides, in grass areas, arable and cultivated land. Parts used: The leaves, aerial parts and rarely roots. …
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