Erodium-aethiopicum

Arbutus unedo

Arbutus unedo Strawberry tree

Erica arborea

Erica arborea Tree heather

Erica australis

Erica australis

Iris germanica

 

Iris germanica The German iris

Lotus for id

Lotus for id

Hippocrepis for id

Hippocrepis for id

Vicia for id

Vicia for id

Trifolium stellatum

Trifolium stellatum Star clover

Trifolium pratense ssp baeticum

Trifolium pratense ssp baeticum White clover

Ononis natrix ssp natrix

Ononis natrix ssp natrix Shrubby restharrow

Campanula specularioides

Campanula specularioides


This beautiful Campanula flowers from June to July and is endemic to the Grazalema and Ronda mountains. It grows from 10-30cms

Erodium botrys

Erodium botrys Long-beaked storksbill

Erodium cheilanthifolium

Erodium cheilanthifolium

This beautiful Erodium is native to limestone, rocky areas of southern Spain and NW Africa. It is mostly found south of Cordoba, and this photo was taken at Sierra de Loja.It was far too windy to get a good macro shot unfortunately. It flowers from May to July. and can grow to a height of 14cms.

Erodium moschatum

Erodium moschatum Musk storksbill

Erodium primulaceum

Erodium primulaceum Andaluz storksbill

Aguja de pastor

This beautiful little Storksbill is native to south of the Iberian peninsula and Morocco. It can grow from 5-25cms tall and in the spring there are carpets of pink everywhere in uncultivated fields and pastures. It flowers from December to May. In the past it was used as a diuretic and also for uterine bleeding.

Geranium molle

Geranium molle Dovesfoot cranesbill

Cistus ladanifer

Cistus ladanifer Gum-leaved rock-rose

This tall Rock rose flowers from March to June and can grow to  a height of 2.5 metres tall. it is native to the western Mediterranean. It is an extremely aggressive plant having overtaken many hillsides. The leaves are dark green and very sticky to touch.

Ptilostemon hispanicus

Ptilostemon hispanicus Spanish mountain thistle

Cardo perruno

This attractive thistle is endemic to southern Spain and flowers from June to August. It can grow to an height of 1 metre. It likes rocky, calcareous, stony or sandy soils.