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Flowers of the White Mountains

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The flowers of the Cretan high mountains are mainly endemic species and very specialized plants. Below is a small sample of what you can find when you go up there. More pictures will follow.

 

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Anchusa cespitosa
Crocus sieberii
Scilla nana
Lomelosisa sphaciotica
Iberis sempervirens
Galium incurvum
Euphorbia acanthothamnos
Crepis sibthorpiana
Clematis elisabethae-carolae
Centranthus sieberi
Campanula jacquinii
Campanula aizoides
Bupleurum kakiskalae
Berberis cretica
Astragalus angustifolius
Arenaria cretica
Anthyllis vulneraria
Aethionema saxatile creticum
Anthemis samariensis
Silene variegata
Sideritis syriaca - Cretan mountain tea
Sedum tristriatum
Satureja alpina or Acinos alpinus
Satureja spinosa
Onobrychis sphaciotica
Prunus prostrata
Pimpinella tragium subsp. depressa
Viola fragrans
Nepeta sphaciotica
Myosotis solange
Paeonia clusii
Minuartia attica
Paracaryum lithospermifolium

You can find many more photos of Cretan flowers on the Flowers of Crete pages