In the West of Africa and some other tropical regions yams, the roots of some plants of the family of Dioscoreaceae are staple foods. The o...

In a warm autumn this butterfly flies until november. At sunrise thousands of Common Blues ( Polyommatus icarus ) sit waiting for the first...

Most orchids are visible in spring and summer, only the Spiral Orchid ( Spiranthes spiralis ) is flowering now in poor grasslands with spar...

Those prickly leaves that scratch your ankles while you are walking through a meadow are Field Eryngo ( Eryngium campestre ). It is eas...

In a dry and sunny spot grows Horseshoe Vetch ( Hippocrepis comosa ). Early in the morning, flowers still asleep, crowned with dewdrups...

The Meadow Clary ( Salvia pratensis ) is a sage but not one you would like to use in the kitchen; it has no fragrance. Its flowering season...

With most grasses the flowering takes only a few days. Today it is difficult to find just one flowering panicle, but a week ago everywhere ...