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Callicephalus nitens us a peculiar plant, the flowering head bracts are papery and a bit transparent.
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Echinops transcaucasicus is n impressive thistle with a robust white stem. It grows the arid parts of the Caucasus.
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Legousia hybrida is a small Mediterranean annual. In Israel it is rare and endangered.
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Tanacetum densum is an arid perennial typical to the dry mountains of the Middle East.
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I have found this lovely bell-flower, hidden on a volcanic rock, 2000m.
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A common desert annual.
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Tanacetum densum is an arid perennial typical to the dry mountains of the Middle East.
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Campanula camptoclada is a small annual dominating the rock crevices of lower Mt Hermon. It blooms at the end of spring when most other plants are drying.
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A small shrub of the Cape (South Africa). Unfortunately it blooms for a very short time. the picture was much too dark, I managed to change the aparture in the raw file.
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A succulent srublet. Leaves elongate, sometimes toothed at the edge. Inflorescences are small daisy-like, yellow. Seeds - tufted achenes.
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Tanacetum sinaicum is a perennial of the desert mountains in S Israel and Egypt (Sinai). Here u can see its intricate leaf.
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Campanula cymbalaria is one of the rarest campanulas of Israel, appearing only in the highest places in Mt Hermon. The semi-creeping stems and the flowers are beautiful in composition with the rocks.
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and the same species...
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Telekia speciosa is an impressice perennial of the Caucasian forests. Its huge flowering heads can be seen from afar.
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I posted a close up of these flowers the other day. Now I post the whole plant.
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Filago anatolica is a small annual typical for small valleys (dolines) of high mountains between Turkey and Israel. It blooms in June and looks like tiny cottony cushions scattered on the ground. In Israel it is very rare confined to higher Mt Hermon (above 1900m).
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Lobelia siphilitica is a North American perennial. Its dense flwoers form a strange structure. I used my ring flash and later increased contrast.
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Campanula cymbalaria is one of the rarest campanulas of Israel, appearing only in the highest places in Mt Hermon. The semi-creeping stems and the flowers are beautiful in composition with the rocks.
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Gerbera jamesonii is a South African perennial, from which many cultivars originate. As a wild plant it has rather delicate flowers.
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This is the last fynbos communities in the garden route, replaced by small pockets of jungle.
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this mounainous perrenial is delicate and beautiful among the rocks.
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Geropogon hybridum is a nice Mediterranean annual. This one was found in Upper Nazareth.