Armeria villosa subsp. bernisii

English:
Nederlands:
Español:
Français:
Deutsch:

Family: Plumbaginaceae - Thrift family
Flowering time: May-July
Height: 20-40cm
Altitude: 600-2200m
Colour: white
Flower: calyx less than 7,5mm, 5 stamens, 5 styles
Leaves: linear to linear-lanceolate, 1-3 nerves
Habitat: scrub, grassland, indifferent to type of substrate
Distribution: Granada and Almería provinces in southern Spain






Notes: Armeria villosa subsp. bernisii is endemic to mountain ranges in Granada and Almería in southern Spain. In Andalucía six subspecies of Armeria villosa are recognized and all of them bear white flowers. Other subspecies are: Armeria villosa subsp. villosa, Armeria villosa subsp. longiaristata, Armeria villosa subsp. carratracens, Armeria villosa subsp. provillosa and Armeria subsp. alcaracensis. Flora ibérica considers Armeria villosa subsp. bernisii possibly to be hybrid from Armeria villosa subsp. longiaristata and Armeria filicaulis. In the Sierra Nevada both the subspecies bernisii as well as the subspecies longiaristata can be found. Armeria villosa subsp. longiaristata has lanceolate leaves with three to five nerves, the calyx is more than 8mm and this subspecies grows and on calcareous soils.

Related key words: Vereda de la Estrella, Canjáyar, carretera al Veleta, dehesa del Camarate, Fuente de Don Manuel, Barranco del Collado, pista forestal encima de Bérchules, Barranco de las Víboras, Cañar, Aldeire, Bubión, Dornajo, Alquife, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Sierra de Huétor, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, butterfly

Carduus platypus subsp. granatensis

English:
Nederlands:
Español:
Français:
Deutsch:

Family: Asteraceae - Daisy family
Flowering time: April-August
Height:
Altitude: 800-2000m
Colour: pink
Flower:
Leaves:
Habitat: limestone or dolomite substrate, roadsides, mountain grasslands
Distribution: endemic to central and southern Iberian Peninsula
Synonym: Carduus nutans subsp. granatensis





Notes: Carduus platypus subsp. granatensis is not a common species.

Related key words: Thistle, Distel, Cardo, Chardon, Vereda de la Estrella, Jardín Botánico Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Anducía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Spain, butterfly, Euphydryas aurinia, Marsh Fritillary, insect, Tettigonia viridissima, great Green Bush-Cricket

Paeonia broteroi

English:
Nederlands:
Español: Peonía - Rosa maldita - Rosa de monte - Rosa alabardera - Saltaojos
Français: Pivoine de Brotero
Deutsch:

Family: Paeoniaceae - Peony family
Flowering time: April-June
Height: 40-70cm
Altitude: 1000-1900m
Colour: carmine, rose-pink to purplish red
Flower: 8-12cm, usually 4 or 5 seed heads
Leaves: 17 or more leaflets, bluish-green beneath
Habitat: pastures, meadows, forests, scree, rocky terrain
Distribution: endemic to Spain and Portugal






Notes: In the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain two types of Peony commonly grow together: Paeonia broteroi and Paeonia coriacea. The fruit of Paeonia broteroi is formed in more than two follicles (usually 4 or 5 seed heads) that are densely haired. The leaves of Paeonia broteroi are brighter green and the stems are more red compared to Paeonia coriacea. Lower leaves of Paeonia broteri generally have 17 or more leaflets.

Related key words: Peony, Peonies, Pioenroos, Pioenrozen, Pfingstrose, Päonien, El Hervidero, PR-A 19 El Dornajo-Campos de Otero, Jardín botánico de la Cortijuela, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Spain

Rothmaleria granatensis

English:
Nederlands:
Español: Hierba de Rothmaler
Français:
Deutsch:

Family: Asteraceae - Daisy family
Flowering time: May-June
Height: 5-30cm
Altitude: 1100-1800m
Colour: yellow
Flower:
Leaves: basal leaves are arranged in a rosette
Habitat: dolomitic communities, gravelly terrain
Distribution: endemic of Andalusian provinces Málaga en Granada  in southern Spain
Synonym: Haenselera granatensis





Notes: A yellow daisy that is named after the Granada province where it can be found in the Sierra de Alfacar, Sierra de Almijara, Sierra de los Guájares and Sierra Nevada. Rothmaleria granatensis is a threatened species that is included in the Red List of the Vascular Flora of Andalucía

Related key words: PR-A 21 Arenales del Trevenque, Sendero Boca de la Pescá, Jardín botánico de la Cortijuela, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Andalucía, Andalusië, Spain

Echium albicans

English: White-leaved Bugloss
Nederlands:
Español: Viborera blanca - Viborera andaluza
Français:
Deutsch:

Family: Boraginaceae - Borage family
Flowering time: April-August
Height: 20-70cm
Altitude: 100-2500m
Colour: red, violet, purple
Flower: corolla 15-26 mm with protruding stamens
Leaves: from linear to narrowly oblong-lanceolate with numerous hairs
Habitat: sandy and open areas, rocky dolomite, limestone slopes
Distribution: endemic of Andalusian mountains






Notes: The numerous hairs give Echium albicans a gray or white shade. Colours of the flowers range from pink to bright red and from violet to purple, depending on age and degree of withering. White-leaved Bugloss can invade roadsides of gravelly mountain roads and forest tracks in Andalusia.

Related key words: PR-A 19 Cuesta del Desmayo, PR-A 21 Arenales del Trevenque, Cumbres Verdes, Jardín botánico Hoya de Pedraza, Jardín botánico de la Cortijuela, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Tejada, Almijara, Sierra de Cázulas, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Serranía de Ronda, Málaga, Andalucía, Andalusië, Spain

Convolvulus boissieri

English:
Nederlands:
Español: Correhuela de Sierra Nevada
Français:
Deutsch: Boissier-Winde

Family: Convolvulaceae - Bindweed family
Flowering time: June-July
Height: 2-10cm
Altitude: 1700-2000m
Colour: pale pink
Flower: to 2cm in diameter
Leaves: silvery white-hairy to 2cm or more long
Habitat: screes, among mountain rocks
Distribution: southern Spain






Notes: Convolvulus boissieri is a tufted and cushion-forming plant. This endemic species of southern Spain is on the ´Lista Roja de la Flora Vascular de Andalucía´. It can be found in a number of provinces of Andalucïa, for example in Granada where it grows in the dolomite formations of the Trevenque area. Convolvulus boissieri was named after the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885).

Related key words: PR-A 19 Cuesta del Desmayo, PR-A 21 Arenales del Trevenque, Jardín Botánico Hoya de Pedraza, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusië, Spain, Boissier

Erodium boissieri

English:
Nederlands:
Español: Alfiler del Trevenque
Français:
Deutsch:

Family: Geraniaceae - Geranium family
Flowering time: June-August (again in September-October)
Height:
Altitude: 1000-2000m
Colour: pink
Flower:
Leaves:
Habitat: dolomite formations of the Sierra Nevada (Granada), arenales del Trevenque
Distribution: Endemic species of the Sierra Nevada, Andalucía, Spain






Notes: Erodium boissieri is one of the plants that is well adapted to extreme temperature changes and to the lack of a fertile, moist soil and high concentrations of minerals of the dolomite formations on the west side of the Sierra Nevada. It can only be found around Monte Trevenque (2083m) in southern Spain. This endemic species of the Sierra Nevada mountain range is on the ´Lista Roja de la Flora Vascular de Andalucía´. Erodium boissieri was named after the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885).

Related key words: Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusië, Arenales del Trevenque, PR-A 21 Vereda del Canal de la Espartera, Jardín Botánico Hoya de Pedraza, Spain, Boissier, butterfly