Compositae/Asteraceae

Anthemis rigida Boiss ex Heldr. subsp.liguliflora (Halacsy) Greuter Syn. Anthemis pusilla Greuter subsp. liguliflora (Halacsy) W. Greuter & Rech.f. Anthemis rigid subspecies...

Chichorium spinosum L. A dense, thorny shrub that reaches a height of 20-25 cm. Widespread along all Mediterranean coasts from...

Carlina gummifera (L.) Less.Syn. Atractylis gummifera L.Asteraceae/CompositaeAtractylis the compomiphorusThe genus Carlina includes about 20 species of typical thorns of the genus...

Cynara cornigera Lindl. Syn. Cynara sibthorpiana Boiss.&Heldr. Wild artichoke, Mountain artichoke This perennial plant is a distant relative of the domestic artichoke (Cynara...

centaurea cythereaCentaurea redempta subsp. cytherea (Rech.f.) Routsi & T. Georgiadi The plant was originally identified in the 1960s by the German...

Dittrichia viscosa (L.) (1758) syn. Inula Viscosa (L.) Aiton Dittrichia viscosa Kontolianika, November 2010. Photos, text: Stavroula FatsaAn evergreen plant very common throughout...

Ptilostemon chamaepeuce (L.) Less.Evergreen shrub common throughout the eastern Mediterranean, on cliffs, rocky sites, near the sea. The characteristic...

Centaurea argentea L.Perennial shrub native to southern Greece. Native to Western Crete and Kythera. It flowers from May to the end of the year.

Pulicaria odora (L.) Reichenb. Syn. Inula odora L. Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh. Syn. Inula dysenterica A perennial plant common throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. In recent years...

Helichrysum orientale (L.) GaertnerThe genus Helichrysum includes more than 500 species with a distribution almost all over the world. Many are cultivated...

Bellis perennis L. subsp. sylvestris (Cirillo)Early winter... and here it is on the roadsides and in the fields, the beautiful...

Calendula arvensis LAnnual plant related to the famous medicinal calendula (calendula officinallis) to which many medicinal properties are attributed. (anti-inflammatory,...