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!




July 19, 2014

Common Andryala


In this cereal field grow many wild flowers.




In this corner the orange poppies jump to the eye, and also a mass of yellow flower heads. Two plants that like ruderalized spots, like this field that has been laboured but that has not been tidied up since.






The plant with yellow flowers is the Common Andryala (Andryala integrifolia). It flowers through summer with many lemon-coloured flower heads.



Stalks and leaves are covered with felt-like hairs.