Natural History Photographs


I don't like the travelling as such - the endless waiting at an airport, the hours of boredom in the plain; it doesn't appeal to me - but upon arrival at the destination I cannot wait to get my feet wet. The first opportunity to get out and look around is never too remarkable for what you find there; but the realization that this is what you endured the traveling for is special. This location was the first stop after we left the airport, and I found some plants that were new to me - just along the roadside, in a not-so-special location. My feet were wet again...


Valeriana cornucopiae
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Synonyms:Fedia cornucopiae (L.) Gaertner, 1790
English:Horn-of-plenty
Deutsch:Füllhornvierlingskraut
Français:corne d'abondance, valériane d'Alger
Italiano:lattughella
Español:cornucopia, disparates del campo, fedia, sangre de Cristo, sangre de doncella,
teta de vaca, trompetillos, zapaticos, zapaticos del Señor
Rubia peregrina
Authority:Linneaus, 1753
English:Wild Madder
Deutsch:Wilder Krapp
Norsk:Krap
Svenska:Kvapp
Français:Garance voyageuse
Italiano:robbia selvatica
Español:agarrarropa, enreosa, esparrilla, garanza brava, grapa, hierba áspera,
hierba de serpiente, hierba pegajosa, hierba rasposa, hierba vaquera, lapa,
luza, mermasangres, peganovios, pegatinas, raspalengua, raspialla, risca, roya,
rubia, rubia brava, rubia silvestre, tinta huevos, zarzaparrilla real
Pistacia lentiscus.
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:lentischio, lentisco, sondro, stinco
Español:almástiga, entina, lentisco, mata dentisca
Styrax officinalis
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:mellaina, storace, storace officinale
Español:estoraque, flores de nieve
Sedum litoreum
Authority:Gussone, 1826
Français:orpin du littoral, sédum du littoral
Italiano:borracina litorale
Scorzonera cretica
Authority:Willd. 1803
Synonyms:Gelasia cretica (Willd.) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian, 2020