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Crete - Greece - 2013

This visit to Crete I organized myself to visit some of the areas known for their Spring Flowers.  A key interest was to search for the several different Wild Orchids.

       To see general photographs of the trip please use this link Crete 2013

I have used 'Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean' by M Blamey and C Grey-Wilson as my guide to the order of the photographs and for the Latin names used.

Flowers of Crete


24 Quercus coccifera  
 

80 Beta vulgaris ssp maritima
 

128 Cerastium ligusticum ssp ligusticum
 

180  Silene colorata
 

187 Petrorhagia velutina
 

211 Anenome coronaria
 

215 Anenome heldreichii
 
252 Ranunculus ficaria
 

257 Ranunculus assiaticus
 

283 Papaver rhoeas
 

293  Glaucium flavum
 

317 Malcolmia flexuosa
 

322 Arabis verna
 

324 Aubrieta deltoidea
 

353 Cardaria draba
 

361 Eruca vesicaria
 

363 Cakile maritima
 

375 Reseda alba
 

399 Aeonium arboreum
 
400 Platanus orientalis   
 

411 Sarcopoterium spinosum
 

Pyrus spinosa
 
453 Calycotome vilosa
 

467 Genista acanthoclada
 

481 Spartium junceum
 
484 Lupinus micranthus
 

Astragalus poss in here

510 Vicia villosa
 

527 Vicia hybrida
 

531 Vicia sativa ssp sativa
 

605 Medicago marina
 

615 Medicago disciformis
 

623 Medicago arabica
 

Lotus sp.
 1.     2.

691 Anthyllis tetraphylla
 

735 Oxalis pes-caprae
 

Geranium sp

744 Geranium pusillum
 

745 Geranium dissectum
 

Euphorbia sp
 

792 Euphorbia dendroides
 

794 Euphorbia acanthothamnos
 

818 Euphorbia characias
 

836 Citrus sinensis
 

852 Polygala venulosa
 

861 Pistacia terebinthus
 

865 Pistacia lentiiscus
 

898 Malva silvestris
 

Lavatera sp
 

938 Daphne serica
 

959 Hypericum sp possibly trichocaulon
 

962 Cistus creticus
 

966 Cistus monspeliensis
 

996 Helianthemum nummularium
 

1019  Tamarix parviflora
 

Hedera helix
 

1087 Smymium olusatrum possibly
 

1141 Ferula communis
 

1149 Tordylium apulum
 

1178 Erica arborea


1198 Anagallis arvensis
 

1199 Anagallis foemina
 

1208 Cyclamen creticum
 

1248 Olea europaea
 

1298 Galium murale
 

1331 Convolvulus althaeoides ssp tenuissimus
 

1362 Onosma erecta
 

1374 Nonea pulla
 

Echium sp

1382 Echium angustifolium
 

1383 Echium plantagineum
 

1395 Borago officinalis
 

1402  Cynoglossum creticum
 

1406a  Anchusa undulata ssp hybrida
 

1409 Anchusa azurea
 

1417 Lantana camara
 

1444 Prasium majus
 

1455 Phlomis fruticosa
 

1478 Lamium amplexicaule
 

1524 Lavendula stoechas
 

1526 Rosemarinus officinalis
 

Salvia sp
 

1537 Salvia fruticosa
 

1555 Hyoscyamus albus
 

1574 Mandragora officinarum
 

Scrophularia sp
 

1606 Verbascum arcturus
 

1632 Cymbalaria muralis ssp muralis
 

1653 Bellardia trixago
 

1675 Orobanche crenata
 

1721 Valeriana asarifolia
 

1735 Knautia arvensis probably
 

1736 Knautia integrifolia
 

Eupatorium adenophorum
 

1791 Bellis annua
 

1815 Filago pyramidata
 

1824 Helichrysum stoechas
 

Anthemis sp
 

1869 Anthemis chia
 

1895a Chrysanthemum coronarium var discolor
 

1908 Calendula arvensis
 
1909 Calendula officinalis
 

1916 Senecio vulgaris
 

1971 Galactities tomentosa
 

Onopordum sp
 

1982 Silybum marianum
 

2047 Picris pauciflora
 

2055 Tragopogon porrifolius
 

2071 Sonchus asper
 

2089 Asphodelus aestivus
 

2092 Asphodelus lutea
 

2102 Gagea graeca
 

2146 Tulipa bakeri possibly
 

2147 Tulipa cretica
 

2277a Narcissus aureus ssp italicus
 

2283  Hemodactylus tuberosus
 

2285 Iris cretensis
 

2305 Gynandriris sisyrinchium
 

2314 Romulea bulbocodium
 

2358 Dracunculus vulgaris
 

2377 Arisaum vulgare
 

Orchis sp. 
These plants are possibly variants on the orchis species which follow.
 

Orchis sp. This is possibly a variant of Orchis ........................
 

2401 Orchis papilionacea var. heroica
 

2402 Orchis boryi
 

2407 Orchis tridentata   any?

2408 Orchis lactea
 

2409 Orchis italica
 

2417 Orchis pauciflora says not crete poss provincialis?
 

2419 Orchis quadripunctata
 

Ophrys sp
 

2423a Ophrys sicula
 

2436c Ophrys heldreichii
 

2437 Ophrys cretensis
 

2440 Ophrys episcopalis (O. fuciflora)
 

2442 Ophrys villosa (O. tenthredinifera)
 

2444 Ophrys bombyliflora
 

Ophrys gortynia
 

Himantoglossum robertianum
 

2447 Anacamptis pyramidalis
 

2451 Serapias lingua
 

2450a Serapias vomeracea ssp orientalis
 

2502 Juncus maritimus
 

2532 Ceterach officinarum