Near the town of Moria once can find a deserted marble mine from the classical period. It's a strange place, with various unfinished sculptures scattered around. The allure of this place is in this historical aspect, hardly in its natural history. Yet even so, I found some orchids and other nice plants among the debris of marble sculptures... |
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Linaria chalepensis |
Authority | : | (L.) Mill. 1768 |
Synonyms | : | Antirrhinum chalepense Linnaeus, 1753 |
Italiano | : | linaiola di Aleppo, linaria di Aleppo |
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Ophrys speculum |
Authority | : | Link, 1799 |
Nederlands | : | Spiegelorchis |
English | : | Mirror orchid, Mirror-of-Venus |
Deutsch | : | Spiegelragwurz |
Français | : | Miroir de Vénus, Ophrys miroir |
Italiano | : | ofride azzurra |
Español | : | abejera de espejo, espejo de Venus, flor de abeja, flor del espejo |
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Scandix pecten-veneris |
Authority | : | Linnaeus, 1753 |
Nederlands | : | Naaldenkervel |
English | : | Shepherd's-needle |
Deutsch | : | Venuskamm |
Norsk | : | Venuskam |
Svenska | : | Nålkörvel |
Français | : | Scandix peigne de Vénus |
Italiano | : | acicula, acicula comune, pettine di Venere, pettine di Venere comune, spilletoni, spillettone |
Español | : | aguja, aguja de pastor, aguja de Venus, agujillas, alfileres, almarza, araña muerta, cajón de burro, camerios, hierna del anís, peine de pastor, peine de Venus |
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Securigera parviflora |
Authority | : | (Desv.) Lassen, 1989 |
Synonyms | : | Coronilla rostrata Boiss. & Spruner, 1843 |
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