Iris versicolor Family: Iridaceae These photographs are all taken in April in the wild around the Aude. As I’m not a botanist I cannot confess to knowing the exact Iris species …
IridaceaeIris or Blue Flag
BoraginaceaeBorage to lift the spirits and lose the wrinkles!
Borago officinalis Family: Boraginaceae French common name: bourrache Price notes Pliny named the plant euphrosinum. Believed due to the happiness borage instilled. The word borago is possibly from Latin ‘burra’ meaning …
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Red Dead-Nettle loved by bees
Lamium purpureum Family: Lamiaceae (mint or thyme family) This little purple annual tricks us into thinking she is a cousin of the stinging nettle. Even the common name suggests this. Lamium purpureum …
