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Welcome to my website. I am captivated by the beauty and variety of forms of wild and naturalized flowers. Going out to photograph them affords endless pleasure, as does making this website. All photos have a hover text to display the names, the location or supplemental information. Hope you enjoy your visit. Anita Beijer

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Linaria aeruginea subsp. aeruginea

English:
Nederlands:
Español: Conejillos
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Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family
Flowering time: April-July
Height: 5-20cm
Altitude: 200-2200m
Colour: brown-red, purple, violet, yellow or whitish
Flower: corolla 15-27 mm long, spur 5-11mm, to 35 flowers
Leaves: linear with margins rolled under
Habitat: dry rocky habitats, grasslands, scrub
Distribution: southern and eastern part the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands
Synonym: Linaria melanantha





Notes: In the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain, there is another subspecies of Linaria aeruginea, namely Linaria aeruginea subsp. nevadensis. This subspecies has yellow flowers, is endemic to this mountain range and can be found at altitudes between 2300 and 3300 m.

Related key words: finca, Alpujarras, Arenales del Trevenque, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Sierra de Baza, Sierras Almijara y Tejeda, Sierra del Manar, Sierra de la Mora, Sierra de las Albuñuelas, Sierra de La Sagra, Granada, Sierra de las Nieves, Málaga, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Veronicaceae, Scrophulariaceae

Sedum mucizonia

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Español: Uña de gato - Uña de pajarito
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Family: Crassulaceae - Stonecrop family
Flowering time: April-August
Height: 5-15cm
Altitude: 100-2500m
Colour: pink
Flower: 4-6mm
Leaves: 7-15mm, pubescent, oblong, rounded
Habitat: cracks of rocks, old walls, pastures
Distribution: central and southern part of the Iberian Peninsula
Synonyms: Cotyledon mucizonia - Cotyledon hispida - Mucizonia hispida





Notes: Sedum mucizonia can only be found in central and southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, Spain and Portugal, and north-west Africa

Related key words: Junta de los Rios Bérchules, Nigüelas, Alpujarras, Vereda de la Estrella, Mirador de Canales, Mirador de Trevélez, Los Atalayones Dílar, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië

Geum urbanum

English: Herb Bennet - Blessed Herb - Holy Herb - Colewort
Nederlands: Geel nagelkruid - Gewoon nagelkruid
Español: Hierba de San Benito - Hierba Bennet
Français: Benoîte commune - Benoîte des villes - Herbe du bon soldat
Deutsch: Echte Nelkenwurz - Gemeine Nelkenwurz - Benediktinerkraut

Family: Rosaceae - Rose family
Flowering time: May-August
Height: 20-60 cm
Altitude: to 2000m
Colour: yellow
Flower: 8-15mm
Fruit: achenes hairy, with feathery, hooked styles
Leaves: basal leaves with 1-5 pairs of unequal, deeply-lobed; stem leaves 3-lobed
Habitat: woods, dunes, shaded habitats
Distribution: almost all over Europe





Notes: The fruits of Geum urbanum have burrs, which are used for dispersal by getting caught in the fur of animals or clothes of people. Geum urbanum hybridises fairly regularly with Geum rivale (Water Avens), as they are closely related and occur together (Geum x intermedium). Geum urbanum is on the Belgium Red List of vascular plants classified as ´at the moment not threatened´. In the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain, apart from Geum urbanum three other Geum species can be found: Geum heterocarpum, Geum rivale and Geum sylvaticum.

Related key words: Heemtuin Kralingse Bos Rotterdam, Refugio Rosales, San Jerónimo, Dehesa del Camarate, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Picos de Europa, insect

Geum sylvaticum

English:
Nederlands:
Español: Hierba del ermitaño - Cege
Français: Benoîte des bois
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Family: Rosaceae - Rose family
Flowering time: April-June
Height: 10-40cm
Altitude: 500-1800m
Colour: yellow
Flower: usually 5 petals, fruits have hooked achenes
Leaves: basal leaves and stem leaves different
Habitat: shaded grasslands, clearings in holm oak or pine forests
Distribution: western Mediterranean; France and Spain
Synonym: Geum pyrenaicum var. sylvaticum





Notes: In the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain, apart from Geum sylvaticum three other Geum species can be found: Geum heterocarpum, Geum rivale and Geum urbanum.

Related key words: San Jerónimo, Güéjar Sierra, Jardin Botánico la Cortijuela, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Pirineos, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Picos de Europa, Alps, nagelkruid, Avens, Nelkenwurz