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The most bizarre-looking native Hungarian plants
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We have already presented the most beautiful native Hungarian plants one can find; it is only fair to mention the weirdest, most bizarre-looking ones as well. These are no ordinary plants for sure, but remember: all plants are beautiful in their own way.
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Lampionvirág
Lampionvirág (Physalis alkekengi), also called Chinese lantern, is easily identifiable by its large, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resembles paper lanterns, hence the name.
It grows naturally in the South European and South Asian regions. It can grow to 40–60 cm tall, with spirally arranged leaves, that are 6–12 cm long and 4–9 cm wide. The flowers are white, with a five-lobed corolla 10–15 mm across, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery orange fruit covering, 4–5 cm long and broad.
Boldogasszony papucsa
Boldogasszony papucsa (Cypripedium calceolus) also got its name from its interesting shape, which resembles a slipper, hence the name the lady’s-slipper orchid. You would almost want to put it on your feet if you could.
It has a widespread distribution in almost every country in Europe, plus Russia, North-Eastern China, Mongolia, Korea and Rebun Island in Japan. It is typically found in open woodland on moist soils. In continental Europe, it is also found growing in the decomposed humus of semi-shaded woodland cover on limestone. It has declined over much of the European part of its range, and as a result, it is legally protected in a number of countries such as Bulgaria or Serbia, but not in Hungary.
Buglyos szegfű
Buglyos szegfű (Dianthus superbus) is a species of Dianthus native to Europe and Northern Asia. It is a perennial plant which grows to 80 cm tall. It has green to greyish green slender leaves that grow to 8 cm long. The flowers are sweetly scented, 3–5 cm in diameter, with five deeply cut fringed petals, pink to lavender with a greenish base; they are produced in branched clusters at the top of the stems from early to late summer.
