Natural History Photographs


Final day of my stay at Crete. I had to fly back from Chania airport, in the middle of the peninsula of Akrotiri. Since my flight was in the early evening, we still had some time to look around at the peninsula.


Nigella damascena
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Juffertje-in-het-groen
English:Love-in-a-mist, ragged lady, devil in the bush
Deutsch:Gretchen im Busch
Norsk:Jomfruen I Det Grønne
Svenska:Jungfrun I Det Gröna
Français:Nigelle de Damas
Italiano:anigella, damigella, damigella scapigliata, erba bozzolina
Español:ajenuz de jardín, araña, arañas, arañuela, neguilla, neguilla de Damasco
Bryonia cretica
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Subspecies:dioica (Jacq.) Tutin, 1968
Nederlands:heggenrank
English:red bryony, red-berried bryony, white bryony, common bryony
Deutsch:Brachwurz, rotbeerige Zaunrübe, rotbeerige Zaunrübe, Rotzaunrübe,
zweihäusige Zaunrübe
Norsk:rødgallbær
Svenska:röd hundrova
Français:bryone dioïque, couleuvrée, fausse coloquinte, feu ardent, herbe de feu,
ipécacuana indigène, navet du diable, racine vierge, rave de serpent,
vigne blanche, vigne du diable
Italiano:barbone, brionia comune, fescera, rapa del diavolo, rapa di serpente,
vite bianca, zucca selvatica
Español:alfasir, aquilonia, carbassina, nueza, tuca, uvas de perra
Tripodion tetraphyllum
Authority:(L.) Fourr. 1868
Synonyms:Anthyllis tetraphylla Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:vulneraria annuale
Español:hierba capitana
Biscutella didyma
Synonyms:Biscutella apula,Biscutella ciliata,Biscutella columnae,Biscutella eriocarpa,
Biscutella lyrata
Dracunculus vulgaris
Authority:Schott, 1832
Synonyms:Arum dracunculus Linnaeus, 1753
English:Dragon Arum
Deutsch:Schlangenwurz
Français:Petit dragon commun
Italiano:dragonea, dragontea, dragonzio, erba serpentaria, erba serpona, erba serpone,
serpentaria
Terricolous lichens
Nederlands:Korstmossen
English:Lichens
Deutsch:Flechten