Cretan endemic flowers

There are almost 200 endemic flowers in Crete. Below are a few of them.

 

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Acantholimon androsaceum

 

Anchusa cespitosa

 

Androcymbium rechingeri

 

Anthemis glaberrima

 

Anthemis samariensis- a newly discovered species

 

Bellevalia brevipedicellata

 

Bupleurum kakiskalae

 

Campanula cretica

 

Campanula jacquinii

 

Campanula tubulosa

 

Centaurea baldaccii

 

Centaurea idaea

 

Centaurea lancifolia - first photos of this plant

 

Centaurea raphanina ssp. raphanina

 

Centranthus sieberi

 

Cephalanthera cucullata

 

Clematis elisabethae-carolae

 

Crepis sibthorpiana

 

Crocus sieberi

 

Ebenus cretica - Cretan ebony

 

Euphorbia rechingeri

 

Galium incurvum

 

Hypericum aciferum

 

Lomelosia sphaciotica

 

Myosotis solange

 

Nepeta sphaciotica

 

Onobrychis sphaciotica

 

Onopordum bracteatum ssp. creticum

 

Petromarula pinnata

 

Pimpinella tragium subsp. depressa

 

Ranunculus veronicae

 

Satureja alpina

 

Scilla nana (Chionodoxa cretica)

 

Sideritis syriaca "Cretan mountain tea"

 

Silene variegata

 

Staehelina petiolata

 

Tulipa cretica

 

Verbascum arcturus

 

Verbascum spinosum

 

Viola fragrans