AKIPRESS.COM - A young woman picked up a whole bouquet of endangered flowers called Aigul in Batken region and posted photos of her holding the flowers on the Internet, which sparked public anger.

Aigul, or moon flower, is a species of flowering plant in the lily family, native to Central Asia. It grows in the south of Kyrgyzstan. The scientific name of the plant is Fritillaria eduardii. It is closely related to the widely cultivated species, F. imperialis, called "Crown imperial."

This plant belongs to the endangered species and is listed in the endangered-species book of Kyrgyzstan.

Aigul flower height can reach 1-1.5 meters.  

After a lot of negative comments on her posts, the woman deleted the photos from her Odnoklassniki social networking account, but her photos are circulating in the Kyrgyz Internet community.