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This is one of the most delicate and beautiful flower. We have found it in sub-alpine meadow. 2200m.
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A common thistle in Ladakh desert.
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This desert annual has typical waxy almost succulent leaves. Unlike its scientific name (angustifolia, meaning narrow leaved), it has broad leaves. It is common along the Arava Valley in extreme desert and blooms only rarely after the rains once every 5-10 years.
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This perennial grows in coastal and inland wet salines.
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Atractylis carduus is a common desert perennial plant. Along hte coast of Israel it penetrates into Mediterranean lands in sandy habitats. It is one of the only plants blooming in summer.
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Echinops glaberrimus is a spiny desert perennial.
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Launaea is a large desert genus, common in the Middle East and Sahara. This species is rather common, it is a creeping annual or short lived perennial.
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Stizolophus balsamita is a herb, common in arid Armenia.
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Atractylis phaeolepis is a perennial of the extreme desert. Here u can see its dry flowering head, full of seeds, waiting for the next rain.
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Echinops philistaeus is an endemic plant of the sandy coastal sands in Israel.
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Layia platyglossa is an American summer blooming herb.
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Symphyandra armena is a delicate perennial, growing in cliffs and walls.
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Echinops philistaeus is an endemic plant of the sandy coastal sands in Israel.
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Legousia is a small Mediterraenan genus, related to Campanula. After blooming an elongate fruit capsule develope below the perianth. This specis is characteryzed by falcate sepals, hence its name.
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Tanacetum densum is a beautifuil mountain shrublet occurring in the dry mountains of the Middlke East. In Israel it grows only in Mt Hermon.
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This cute annual has differently shaped seeds on the same inflorescence. This phenomenon is called heterocarpy. Some seeds are disperesed as balloons in the wind and others are stuck in sheep fur and our socks, thus dispersed to new areas.
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Echinops polyceras is very common throughout the desert of southern Israel. The genus Echinops is a difficult one - because most species hybridyze and there is a genetic mish mash along their meeting points.
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Summer isa special, this is the time to find all kind of fruits, like these ones.
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This is a nice scented shrublet of the high mountains of the Middle East.
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Calendula palaestina is a common annual in Israel. It has a large fruit head.
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Echinops sphaerocephalus is quite common in the arid parts of Georgia.
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This small East Mediterranean annual is the 'cousin' of the bellflower (Campanula). It is characteryzed by falcated calyx lobes.
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Tanacetum densum is a perennial common in the arid mountains of the Middle East. Here you can see it in full bloom with the peak of Mt Hermon in the hotizon.