Sedum album

English: White Stonecrop
Nederlands: Wit vetkruid
Español: Uña de gato menor - Uña de gato blanca - Arroz
Français: Orpin blan - Sédum blanc
Deutsch: Weiße Fetthenne - Weißer Mauerpfeffer

Family: Crassulaceae - Stonecrop family
Flowering time: June-July
Height: 15-20cm
Altitude: to 2500m
Colour: white, pink follicles
Flower: 6-9mm in much-branched flat-topped clusters
Leaves: alternate, fleshy, nearly cylindrical with a blunt, rounded tip
Habitat: seashore rocks, dunes, rocky meadows, screes, roofs, old walls
Distribution: almost all European countries






Notes: White stonecrop is a tufted perennial herb that forms mat-like stands. Much of the year the stems are short, semi prostrate and densely clad in leaves. At the flowering time the stems lengthen and are erect, occasionally branched and often pinkish-brown. Sedum album is sometimes cultivated in gardens and is a successful plant on green roofs. White Stonecrop has naturalized in a number of countries.

Related key words: Kapittelduinen Hoek van Holland, Junta de los Rios Bérchules, Trevenque, Vereda de la Estrella, Venta El Nogal, subida al Veleta, dehesa de San Jerónimo, cuenca del río Monachil, Cerro de los Poyos, Barranco de las Víboras, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Pirineos, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Barranco de Estiviella (Hecho), Monte Oturia (Yebra de Basa), Balcón de Pineta (Bielsa), Picos de Europa, Spain, Alps

Parnassia palustris

English: Grass of Parnassus - Northern Grass-of-Parnassus - Bog-star
Nederlands: Parnassia
Español: Hepática blanca - Hierba del Parnaso
Français: Parnassie des marais
Deutsch: Sumpf-Herzblatt - Studentenröschen

Family: Parnassiaceae - Grass of Parnussus family
Flowering time: June-September
Height: 10-30cm
Altitude: to 2600m
Colour: white
Flower: solitary, 15-30mm, 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamens
Leaves: basal, heart-shaped
Habitat: damp mountain pastures, wet dune slacks, fens, streamside flushes
Distribution: most European countries, in southern Europe only in the mountains






Notes: Parnassia palustris can form extensive colonies. Plants of Grass of Parnassus flower for about a week. During this period the stamens lean, one or two at the time, over the stigma, retiring after they have shed their pollen and giving place to others. The branched staminodes have a solid nectar-secreting base, glistening like a drop of honey. In Belgium Parnassia palustris is on the Belgium Red List of vascular plants classified as threatened with extinction. In the Netherlands it is on the Dutch Red List of vascular plants classified as vulnerable. In this country it can be found in wet dune slacks. In the Sierra Nevada in southern Spain Parnassia Palustris can be found in the borreguiles (wet pastures) and along stream sides above 2000m.

Related key words: Kapittelduinen Hoek van Holland, Nederlandse Rode Lijst, Barranco de las Albardas Trevélez, Borreguiles del Barranco de San Juan, Prado del Espino, Corral de Veleta, San Jerónimo Monachil, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Pirineos, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Picos de Europa, Spain, Alps

Armeria villosa subsp. bernisii

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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

Trifolium stellatum

English: Starry Clover - Star Clover - Starry-headed trefoil
Nederlands: Sterklaver
Español: Trébol estrellado
Français: Trèfle étoilé
Deutsch: Stern-Klee

Family: Fabaceae - Leguminosae - Legume family - Pea family
Flowering time: March-July
Height: 10-25cm
Altitude: to 1500m
Colour: pink, sometimes reddish or yellowish
Flower: 4-12mm, borne in terminal solitary globose heads
Leaves: leaflets oval, notched, margins and veins bright green
Habitat: roadsides, stony places, waste ground, cultivated fields
Distribution: the Mediterranean region, including the Canary Islands






Notes: Trifolium stellatum has become naturalised in south-eastern Great Britain. This plant is easily identified by its starry calyces.

Related key words: finca, Alpujarras, Vereda de la Estrella, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Alps, butterfly

Neottia ovata

English: Common Twayblade - Eggleaf Twayblade
Nederlands: Grote keverorchis
Español: Listera ovada - Yerba de dos hojas - Hierba de dos hojas
Français: Grande listère - Listère ovale - Double-feuille
Deutsch: Großes Zweiblatt

Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family
Flowering time: May-July
Height: 20-45cm
Altitude: to 2100m
Colour: green, greenish-yellow
Flower: borne in a long slender spike, sepals and petals forming a loose hood, lip 7-15mm long
Leaves: two broad oval basal leaves, almost opposite, dull green, ribbed, 5–20 cm long
Habitat: woodland, scrub, grassy places, dune slacks, moorland
Distribution: most European countries
Synonym: Listera ovata





Notes: Although Common Twayblade is one of the commonest European orchids, it is a protected species in many countries. Neottia ovata is on the Dutch Red List, Belgium Red List and European Red List of vascular plants. It is also on the ´Lista de Especies amenazadas de Andalucía´.

Related key words: Rotterdam, Heemtuin Tenellaplas Rockanje, Sierra de Almijara, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië