Aphyllanthes monspeliensis

English: Blue Aphyllanthes
Nederlands:
Español: Junquillo - Chunza - Chunqueta - Juncia - Clavel seco
Français: Aphyllanthe de Montpellier - Oeillet bleu de Montpellier
Deutsch: Binsenlilie - Blaue Binse

Family: Asparagaceae - Asparagus family
Flowering time: April-July
Height: 10-40cm
Altitude: 400-1700m
Colour: blue, rarely white
Flower: 25-30mm, in a head of 2-3, tepals with a dark mid-vein
Leaves: membranous sheaths
Habitat: dry grassy places, rocky terrain, garrigue
Distribution: Iberian Peninsula eastwards to northwestern Italy, including the Balearic Islands






Notes: Rush-like bluish-green plant with reddish-brown leaves.

Related key words: Rio Aguas Blancas, Jardín botánico la Cortijuela, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Urdués (Valle de Hecho), Solana (Villanúa), Sierra de Laspún (Campo), Pirineos, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Picos de Europa, Alps

Bellis perennis

English: Daisy - Common Daisy - Lawn Daisy - English Daisy
Nederlands: Madeliefje
Español: Margarita común - Chiribita - Pascueta - Vellorita - Bellorita
Français: Pâquerette vivace
Deutsch: Gänseblümchen - Maßliebchen - Tausendschön - Monatsröser

Family: Asteraceae - Daisy family
Flowering time: January-December
Height: 5-20cm
Altitude: to 2500m
Colour: yellow disk and numerous narrow white rays
Leaves: leaves in a dense basal rosette, bright-green, oblong to spoon-shaped, toothed or untoothed
Habitat: grassy habitats, cultivated areas, on a wide variety of soils
Distribution: throughout Europe






Notes: Common Daisy has solitary flowerheads (15-30mm) on slender stalks. The rays are often tipped with red or flushed with purplish-red underneath. In some countries, the Netherlands for example, Bellis perennis flowers throughout the year as long as the temperatures don´t drop below zero.

Related key words: Rotterdam Kralingse Bos, Rottemeren, Landgoed Elswout Overveen, insect, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor