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a tiny lovely annual, one of the only bluish flowers in our regions. It grows in fields wehre traditional agriclture is practiced. Sometimes it produces small blue carpets.
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Ceropegia sandersonii is a tropical African climber. Its unsulusal flowers attract flies and temporarily lock them in.
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Leptadenia pyrotechnica is a leafless desert perennial or a small shrub. It is reaching its northern range in Israel. Locally it is very rare. Some plants are grwon in Ein Gedi area, where this pic was taken. In this pic u can see a flower and a young fruit.
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Pachypodium succulentum is an African caudex plant. Caudex means that it has a bottle-like or thick base trunk.
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Valantia muralis is a shy Mediterranean coastal annaul. In Israel it is endangered.
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We found this delicate perennial creeping on the cliffs in Juta Gorge in the Great Caucasus.
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Ceropegia sandersonii is a tropical African climber. Its unsulusal flowers attract flies and temporarily lock them in.
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This poisonous shrublet is very common in the deserts of India, westwards to north Africa.
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Pentatropis nivalis is a rare desert climber, here u can see its fruit.
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This is a wild Vinca sepcies that grows in SW Asia. In israel it is rather rare. Unlike the commoner, crawling, European Vince major and V. minor, this species has rather short arched stems.
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This is a striking alpine mat forming perennial.
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Ceropegia sandersonii is a tropical African climber. Its unsulusal flowers attract flies and temporarily lock them in.
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This is the fruit of Pentatropis nivalis, the tufted seeds are wind-dispersed.
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Morning dew on this lovely flower.
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Asperula setosa is a tiny annual, one of the few annuals of higher Mt Hermon. The snowy dry winter and dry summer make it very difficult for annuals, since soil is wet for a short period. Only tiny annuals that finish their life cycle in a couple of months can survive here, the rest are perennials with larger root systems.
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We found this delicate and shy gentian climber in the wet forests of Nanling.
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Oldenlandia capensis is a samll inconspicuus annual, in Israel it is rare and endangered.
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This is a common desert perennial, it has toxic white sap and coiling stems.
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This is the cissor-like fruit of Vincetoxicum dionysiense. A rare plant that grows in rock crevices in Mt Hermon.
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Calotropis gigantea is a poisonous shrub of southern Asia. It has white sap, large round leaves , starry white flowers and balloon-like fruits.
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Crucianella ciliata is a shy desert annual. Herre u can see the small flowers hidden between specialt hairy bracts.
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Oldenlandia capensis is a samll inconspicuus annual, in Israel it is rare and endangered.
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This is a common desert perennial. Stems climb on other plants and also coil on themselves. This common perennial grows in the extreme desert and since grazing pressure by mammals and insects is so high, it is protected by its extremy toxic white sap.