The flora of Périgord in South-West France is abundant and diverse. In this blog you can find, in pictures, brief encounters with several hundreds of wild flowers and plants as they grow here in French Perigord. Following the seasons other species are added. An index of scientific and English names you find below on the right.

Corine Oosterlee is a botanist and photographer and she offers guided Botanical Walks and other activities around plants and vegetation in nature in Perigord. Do you want to know more? On www.baladebotanique.fr you can find more information. For Corine's photography see www.corineoosterlee.com. Both websites also in English.

Enjoy!




June 11, 2009

Meadow Clary


The Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis) is a sage but not one you would like to use in the kitchen; it has no fragrance. Its flowering season is nearly over now, the last stalks in bloom will soon be mowed and turned into hay together with the grass in the meadows where it grows.























This Killer Bug (Rhinocorus iracundus) lays in wait for its prey, another insect, between the flowers, and then uses its long rostrum to suck out this prey.














It seems to prefer the Meadow Clary. But why? Yes, its brilliant red goes well with the dark blue of the flower, but that's not enough of a reason. And there are not more insects to be found on Meadow Clary then on other flowers. So why?