Monday, May 28, 2012

Southern Spain Wildflower gallery


Wandering around southern Spain in early May, I couldn't help but notice the astonishing abundance of fabulous wildflowers. I haven't had a chance to identify all of them (which would be restricted to perusing the world wide web in my spare time), but I thought I would go ahead and the photos here.

morning glory

Tassle Hyacinth, Leopoldia comosa

unknown borage?

unknown borage

unknown Centauria-like composite

unknown clover

unknown composite and beetle

unknown lavender

unknown mallow

unknown mint

unknown pink flower, maybe Valerianceae?

unknown yellow cress

unknown pink cistus and beetles

unknown white cistus

1 comment:

  1. Hi Rich, the white one at the bottom is Cistus ladanifer/Gum Cistus.
    Ste

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