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!




September 27, 2012

Yellow Bartsia


This 50 centimeter high plant with its thin stiff branches flowers in abundance in September.

 

The Yellow Bartsia (Odontites lutea) has chlorophyl and thus can provide its own energy and nutrients through photosynthesis. However, it shows also parasitic behaviour: it attaches itself to the roots of neighbouring plants to take minerals and water from them. Especially grasses are attacked, but also vineyards can suffer severely from the presence of Yellow bartsias.