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Maritimes Alps mid August

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Yann:
Gourdon is a well known village, part of the "vallée du Loup". The entire region is well known by the botanists and even in late summer it's possible to find amazing plants.

Maggi Young:
Gourdon is also a coastal fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland,  not particulary known by botanists!!

Yann:

--- Quote from: Maggi Young on December 03, 2022, 05:30:28 PM ---Gourdon is also a coastal fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland,  not particulary known by botanists!!

--- End quote ---
Gourdon is a common name, it exists in Italia too, south west of Portugal, Ardèche, etc. It means someone who is slow, apathetic.

Colchicum neapolitanum, litterature also name it longifolium but it's very different in shape, leaves and flower's size. Endemic to the prealps between france and italia.



Iris graminea seeds pods, this species grow in very wet rocky areas.



Paeonia officinalis subsp huthii, another nice stage of this genius.



Prospero autumnale started very early this year despite 24-26°C nights in the mountains.



Near Col de Vence most populations have thick stems

Yann:
Rhaponticum coniferum



Ononis minutissima growing in the driest zones



Setaria verticillata



Centaurea scabiosa



Asperula cynanchica

Yann:
the scarce Allium coloratum



Asparagus acutifolius



Petrorhagia saxifraga



Stachys recta

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