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 31, 2013
Grass Pea
Heavy rain this month of May made the grass grow. The Grass Pea (Lathyrus sphaericus) is hiding itself between the long stalks. Even if its small flowers are of a fluorescent orange colour, you really have to look for it to find it. The plant is tiny, and its elangated stems and leaves make it merge in the surrounding vegetation.
You can find it in limestone meadows where the farmer did not use too much fertilizer, or even in abandoned fields.