Plants of Western Olympus - latest visit - July 3rd 2016

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pics 281 and 308: unidentified plant, 2400 m, about 30-35 cm tall


pics 319 and 320: unidentified plant, 2400 m, about 40 cm tall

pic 333: unidentified plant, common, very nice leaf rosetes

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pic 346: Centaurea (?) sp

pics 357, 367 and 370: more Scutellaria alpina

pic 366: Same sp as in 244

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I have shown Doronicum columnae before but this small ravine was full of Doronicum columnae plants.

pics 373, 375 and 378: Edraianthus graminifolius

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pic 409: Cerastium banaticum ssp speciosum

pic 412: mote Linaria peloponnesiaca

pic 414: Juniperus (?) sp.  Widespread but this forming a mat at least 35-30 ft in diameter

pics 416 and 418: Saponaria bellidifolia

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pics 423 and 424: Teucrium montanum ssp helianthemoides

pics 429 and 430: Achillea millefolium at 2000 m

pic 438: unidentified plants, widespread at this elevation forming large colonies

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pics 440 and 665: Sedum or Jovibarba sp

pic 442: Silene vulgaris ssp prostrata (?)

pics 454 and 455: Gallium (?) sp

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pics 488 and 490: Helianthemum oleandicum ssp alpestre (1900 m)

pics 520, 523 and 524: Achillea holosericea

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pics 446 and 533: Epilobium angustifolium

pics 534, 540 and 555: Silene parnassica ssp dionysii, past its best

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A jewel: pics 546, 550 and 641: Hypericum olympicum up to 5 ft wide

pics 560 and 563: a moth on an unidentified sp.

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pics 568, 570 and 622: Unidentified sp, perhaps a Lotus sp (?).  Very beatiful as it was forming extensive colonies

pics 571 and 574: Linum hirsutum ssp spathulatum

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pics 583, 617 and 618: Salvia argentea

pics 591 and 593: Another Hypericum sp.  At the moment, I am trying to identify it from the literature but, rather difficult.  Tall, about 150 cm and dense with smaller flowers.

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Another gem: Dianthus sp, probably Dianthus haematocalyx at 1750 m.  Albinos can be seen.

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More Dianthus and a Centaurea (?), at 1750 m.

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As I was driving down the mountain and from 1700 m to about 1650 m I encountered four (4) different species of Campanula.

pics 645 and 646: Campanula sp with hairy leaves

pics 657 and 666: Campanula persicifolia

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pics 673 and 679: This Campanula sp although it also has hairy leaves looks different from 645 and 646

pic 689: Another Campanula sp.