The yellow-flowered plant is endemic to Velebit and Kapela mountain ranges, and has become a symbol of the region.
This comprises a completed geographical whole border on the western side by the mountain massif of Velika Kapela dominated by Klek (1181 m).
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The Ogulin-Modruš valley finishes towards the south where the Modruš hills pass into the second largest field of the area under Kapela-Plaški Polje.
Velika Kapela | Kapela | Mala Kapela |
Like other settlements named Kapla (e.g., Kapla in the Municipality of Tabor) and similar names (e.g., Kaplja vas, Kapljišče, and Železna Kapla in Austria), the name is derived from the Slovene common noun *kapla 'chapel' (< *kapela < MHG and OHG kappella < Latin cappella 'chapel'), referring to a local religious structure.