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 20, 2017

Clustered Bellflower


Clustered bellflower (Campanula glomerata) is a species of woodland edges and roadsides. Here, it is hidden in the vegetation along a walking path; Oregano with its pink flowerheads is more striking.





The dark blue little bells grow in clusters along and at the end of the stems. Clustered bellflower begins to flower in June, and in August, it is over; it really is a summer flower.





Sometimes a flowerhead has only a few flowers, on big plants they are larger and fuller.









The leaves are rather long and heart-shaped at their base.