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!




October 10, 2015

Narrowleaf Hemp-nettle


Next to French Bartsia grows a plant with really purple flowers.



There are a lot of them and they are what you call visible. Narrowleaf Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis angustifolia) is also a follower of agriculture.




It flowers after harvest between the cut cereal stalks and flowering can go on until the first frosts. If the farmer does not plough his field of course.





Seen from nearby the flower is exquisite.