The flora of PĂ©rigord 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!




May 1, 2013

Early Forget-me-not


In the same place as Grey Mouse-ear grow many small blue flowers, also annuals with a short life-cycle. The Early Forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima) is the smallest of all forget-me-nots, the plants are not larger than five centimeters high.