Lilium bosniacum

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Lilium bosniacum is a lily native to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ljiljan in Bosnian means lily, and is often used with the adjective zlatni which means golden, so in Bosnia it is mainly referred to as zlatni ljiljan (golden lily) because of the somewhat golden color of the unique Lilium bosniacum. It played an important part in history as a symbol of the medieval Bosnian state, sometimes in the form of a heraldic fleur-de-lis, and also as a modern symbol of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegowina (until 1998).

This plant may be called Lilium bosniacum (Beck) Beck ex Fritsch or Lilium carniolicum Bernh. ex W. D. J. Koch var. bosniacum Beck, according to the USDA's Germplasm Resources Information Network.