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purple
Spring bulbs: “Bitter in the mouth, sweet in the body!”
Leopoldia comosa (L.) Parl. Leopoldia comosa Syn. Muscari comosum (L.) Mill. Hyacinthus comosus (L.) Mill. Perennial bulbous plant, native to the Mediterranean and...
Rock salad, Glass salad, and Stamnagathi
Chichorium spinosum L. A dense, thorny shrub that reaches a height of 20-25 cm. Widespread along all Mediterranean coasts from...
Psoralia the asphalt worker
Bituminaria bituminosa (L.) C.H. Stirt. Syn. Psoralea bituminosa L. Asphaltum asphaltum A perennial plant widespread throughout the Mediterranean. It blooms from late...
Hryngio the coastal
Eryngium maritimum L. Sea holly, Agathia Perennial plant, native to almost all European coasts, on sandy beaches and dunes. The insignificant...
Amaranta
Limonium sinuatum (L.) Miller Sea lavender An evergreen plant that grows from a woody rhizome in coastal areas throughout the Mediterranean, ...
Blavomanitas
Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cook syn. Clitocybe nuda (Fr.) H.E. Bigelow & A.H. Sm. syn. Tricholoma nudum (Bull. Ex Fr.) I found this wonderful...
Colchicum… The witches of autumn
Colchicum cupanii Gussone The genus includes about sixty species of perennial plants that are native to Western Asia, Europe, and...
Prospero in autumn
Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta Syn. Scilla autumnalis L. A small autumn gem that, in order to see it, you have to...
Thorn the thorny
Acanthus spinosus L. A highly resistant perennial plant, endemic to the Mediterranean, Southern Europe, and Western Asia. Together with the related species Acanthus...
Thyme
Thymus capitatus (L.) Hoffmanns&LinkSyn. Coridothymus capitatus (L.) Rchb.f An evergreen shrub native to the entire Mediterranean region. It is widely used for therapeutic purposes since...
Dolphin
Delphinium L. Approximately 500 species belong to the genus Delphinium, some of which are impressive ornamental plants with beautiful colors. There are also hybrid species that...
Sage
Salvia fruticosa Mill. (Salvia triloba) L. The genus Salvia includes approximately 900 species of plants distributed throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Several...