#european flora

• Black baneberry — Scientific name for the type species of the genus Actaea, commonly known in English as black baneberry or herb Christopher. It is a toxic, herbaceous perennial plant in the Ranunculaceae family, native to the shaded deciduous and coniferous forests of Europe and Asia. It is structurally recognized by its large, toothed leaves, spicate white inflescences, and glossy black berry-like fruits containing potent irritant substances.
• Adenostyles — A genus of perennial herbaceous plants belonging to the Asteraceae (Compositae) family, structurally distributed throughout the mountainous and subalpine regions of Europe and Asia Minor. These plants are recognized for their large, often cordate or reniform leaves with dentate margins, and for their compound inflorescences of small flower heads with pink, purple, or white tubular florets, developing optimally in moist, rocky habitats or at the edge of coniferous forests.
• Alpine pasqueflower — A scientific synonymous name for Pulsatilla alpina, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the high mountain ranges of central and southern Europe. This highly decorative alpine species grows on subalpine meadows and rocky slopes, characterized by large, solitary flowers that are white or sulphur-yellow, covered on the outside with fine, silky hairs, and by decorative, woolly plume-like fruits.
• Small pasqueflower — A scientific synonymous name for Pulsatilla pratensis, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to steppes, dry meadows, and sparse forests of Central and Eastern Europe. The plant is covered in long, silky hairs and is recognized by its characteristic nodding (drooping) flowers, shaped like a narrow bell and colored in a deep, dark violet or almost blackish hue, appearing in early spring.
• Snowdrop anemone — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to dry grasslands, woodland edges, and sunny clearings of Central and Eastern Europe to Siberia. Commonly known as the snowdrop anemone or wood anemone, this vigorous plant is remarkable for its dense clumps, deeply lobed leaves, and large, solitary or paired pure white flowers with a delicate fragrance and bright yellow central stamens, followed by woolly seed heads.
• Anthericum — A genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asparagaceae (subfamily Agavoideae), characterized by linear leaves in a basal rosette and star-shaped white flowers arranged in long racemes or panicles.
• Anthericum liliago — The scientific name for St. Bernard's lily, a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Asparagaceae. Characterized by long, narrow linear leaves and an unbranched raceme inflorescence with large, star-shaped white flowers, it is adapted to calcareous soils and sunny slopes across Europe.
• Arisarum proboscideum — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the Araceae family, native to the shaded woodlands of Italy and Spain, popularly known as the 'mouse plant'. This small-sized plant is remarkable for its unique inflorescence, whose purplish-brown spathe extends into a long, filiform, and curved appendage that strikingly resembles a mouse's tail, functioning to attract pollinating flies into the floral structure.
• Cow parsley — A popular Romanian name assigned to a wild herbaceous plant in the umbellifer family (Anthriscus sylvestris), related to garden chervil but larger in size with rougher leaves; it grows spontaneously at forest edges, roadsides, or wet meadows and, despite resembling aromatic herbs, has low culinary value and is sometimes considered an invasive weed.
• Asphodelus albus — A species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Asphodelus, popularly known as the white asphodel. It is native to Central and Southern Europe, growing on alpine meadows, pastures, and limestone slopes. The plant develops a tall, unbranched stem that can reach up to 1.5 meters in height, terminating in a dense raceme of star-shaped white flowers, with each petal featuring a distinct brown or greenish median stripe.
• Aster canus — The scientific name of the hoary aster, a perennial herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family, native to Eastern Europe and the Balkans (including the forest-steppe zones of Romania); it is characterized by a grayish, hoary appearance across the entire plant, caused by a dense layer of woolly hairs, and features medium-sized flower heads with lilac rays and a yellow disc.
• Astragalus glycyphyllus — A robust species of herbaceous perennial plant in the Astragalus genus, Fabaceae family, commonly known as wild liquorice or liquorice milkvetch, native to Europe and Asia Minor. It is structurally characterized by long, prostrate, and branched stems, large pinnate leaves with oval leaflets, and axillary racemes of greenish-yellow flowers, traditionally used in folk medicine for its diuretic, emollient, and hypotensive properties due to its sweetish taste resembling true liquorice.