#wild flora

• Althaea cannabina — A species of perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Althaea, family Malvaceae, native to southern Europe and Central Asia; it is recognized by its deeply palmate-lobed leaves, similar to those of hemp, and its delicate pinkish-purple flowers carried on tall, slender stems.
• Amatofite — A rare botanical or ecological term used to define a category of wild plants or herbs growing near human settlements, traditionally associated with rudimentary household uses or gathered by hobbyists. In the plural, it designates communities of such secondary plant species.
• Anchusa — A genus of herbaceous plants in the family Boraginaceae, commonly known as bugloss or alkanet. It includes numerous annual, biennial, or perennial species native to Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa, notable for the stiff hairs covering their stems and leaves, and flowers grouped in scorpioid cymes, featuring an intense azure-blue, purple, or white color.
• Andrachne — A genus of small herbaceous or shrubby plants belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae (previously classified under Euphorbiaceae), distributed throughout tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions. These structural plants are characterized by alternate leaves, small monoecious unisexual flowers, and globose fruiting capsules, being studied for their adaptability to arid soils and unique phytochemical compounds.
• Anthyllis — A genus of herbaceous plants or subshrubs in the family Fabaceae, commonly known as kidney vetch, characterized by odd-pinnate leaves and papilionaceous flowers grouped in dense heads surrounded by large, often pubescent bracts.
• Aristolochia clematitis — Scientific name for a toxic, perennial herbaceous plant species in the Aristolochiaceae family, commonly known as birthwort or European birthwort. The plant features cordate leaves and tubular yellow flowers with a characteristic shape, is widespread across Europe, and is historically recognized in traditional medicine, but is extremely dangerous due to aristolochic acid, which causes severe renal failure and urinary tract cancer.
• Thistle — A popular name assigned to several species of herbaceous plants in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family, characterized by prickly or toothed leaves and flowers grouped in globose heads, most often purple or yellow. In an extended phytotherapeutic sense, the term is historically linked to medicinal thistle-like plants, valued in traditional medicine for its tonic and hepatoprotective properties.
• Wild herb variety — A popular or regional name attributed to a herbaceous plant from the spontaneous flora or a plant variety recognized in Romanian villages for its resistance to drought and scorching heat. In archaic dialects, the term can also represent the contextual feminine form adapted to describe a small piece of wood used as a domestic measuring unit.
• Asperula — A genus of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the Rubiaceae family, distributed mainly throughout the temperate zones of Europe and Asia; it comprises dozens of species with whorled leaves and small, tubular flowers, often white, pink, or bluish, with some varieties historically used in folk medicine or as ornamental plants due to their pleasant coumarin scent.
• Aster amellus — The scientific name of the European Michaelmas daisy (or Italian aster), a perennial herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family, native to the temperate regions of Europe and Central Asia; it serves as the type species of the Aster genus and is recognized by erect, rigid stems, rough, lanceolate leaves, and flower heads clustered in corymbs, featuring blue-lilac rays and a yellow disc, blooming in late summer.