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This anagallis has huge red flowers, somebody knows the species name ?
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Cobaea scandens is a climber from Tropical America. I decided to take a closepu in the flowers in order to show hte style and the cycling anthers.
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This perennial grows in the Balkans and Turkey, this one was found in as stream in the lower Taurus Mts.
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this blue flower is common in Mt Goliath.
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Xylococcus bicolor (Mission Manzanita) is an evergreen shrub of S California and Baja California. It is part of low altitude Chaparral. It resembples other manzanitas, but has bi-facial leaves and rolled leaf edge.
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this timy annual grows allover Europe, reaching its southern range in Israel. Here it is very very rare, occuring in higher, rather arid places.
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Cyclamen persicum is a common and protected plant in Israel, recently it was elected as our national flower. It blooms in winter-spring and the pending flowers are protecting the pollen from rain. The large cultivated cyclamen which u see in flower shops and nurseries are all originating from this species.
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Lysimachia verticillata is common in wet habitats of the Caucasus. Its rather large flowers are prominent and beautiful.
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An erect herbaceous perennial. Leaves all basal. Flowers dense in a head-like inflorescence at the scape's erdge.
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Xylococcus bicolor (Mission Manzanita) is an evergreen shrub of S California and Baja California. It is part of low altitude Chaparral. It resembples other manzanitas, but has bi-facial leaves and rolled leaf edge.
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This is a tiny annual fo the Middle East Mts. Here u can see both flowers and fruits.
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We found this peculiar cyclamen quite common in the cedar and pine forests around Antilyaka. It is endemic to S Turkey, quite similar to the widespread Cyclamen coum. C. alpinum is characyterized by flattened flowers and somewhat angled leaves.
It was pooring rain and very cloudy. I do not like this very flashy condition, but there was no other choice. On the left part u can see the coiled-cyclying fruiting stem - this is the source of the genus name - Cyclamen.
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Macleania pentaptera is another epiphytic Ericaceae. It grows in Equador. After the corolla falles down the sepals inflate and become white.
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An erect herbaceous perennial. Leaves all basal. Flowers dense in a head-like inflorescence at the scape's erdge.
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Arbutus andrachne (Eastern Strawberry Tree) has the most amazing bark, it is peeled every year, this is how the plant gets rid of trunk deseases.
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Cyclamen alpinum is a rare south Turkish species. Close to Cyclamen coum.
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Primula vulgaris is one of the commonest European flowers. It is often hedden in the grass, but has beausitull bright yellow flowers.
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The Eastern strawberry tree is a beautiful component of the Mediterranean scrub. Now the fruits are ripe, they are edible fresh or in jams.
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Cyclamen persicum is a common geophyte of the eastern Mediterranean. It is the national flower of Israel. A typical winter-pending flower that protects its anthers from the rain.
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Samolus valerandi is a perennial rgass that grows in wet places. In Israel it is rare.
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The Eastern Strawberry Tree (Arbutus andrachne) is unique in its bark. It throws away of the petst with the pil. It has nice red edible ftuis in winter.
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and another close up of this beautiful flower, you can almost feel its scent, can you ? :)
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this small tree has lovely scented flowers.
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Argania spinosa is an endemic tree in western Morocco. An expensive and important oil is extracted from the seeds. It is used for foods and cosmetics.