Natural History Photographs


Along the road we noticed a dry bedding and we decided to take a look at it. This resulted in my second find of Aristolochia cretica. Later I would find still many more, but in 2017, in the western part of the island I hadn't found it at all.


Valeriana calcitrapae
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Synonyms:Centranthus calcitrapae (L.) Dufresne, 1811
English:annual valerian, pink valerian, cut-leaved valerian
Deutsch:Fußangelspornblume
Français:centranthe chausse-trape, centranthe à feuilles de chausse-trape
Italiano:camarezza minore
Español:milamores, pedrosa, valeriana, valeriana española
Geranium purpureum
Authority:Villars, 1785
Nederlands:Klein robertskruid
English:Little-Robin
Italiano:geranio purpureo
Español:agujas de pastor, geranio silvestre, hierba de la esquinancia,
hierba de San Roberto, hierba se San Ruperto
Cyclamen creticum
Authority:(Dörfl.) Hildebr. 1906
Synonyms:Cyclamen repandum var. creticum Dörfl. 1905