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Iberian Wildlife Tours in Spain and Portugal - for the wildlife holiday or natural history tour of a lifetime
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Picos de Europa:
a naturalist's paradise
- part 6
by Teresa Farino
Scientific names of plants mentioned in the text
| Common name |
Scientific name |
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aconite-leaved buttercup
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Ranunculus
aconitifolius
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alpine aster
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Aster alpinus
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alpine skullcap
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Scutellaria
alpina
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alpine snowbell
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Soldanella
alpina ssp. cantabrica
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alpine toadflax
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Linaria alpina
ssp. filicaulis
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angel's-tears
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Narcissus
triandrus
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ash
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Fraxinus
excelsior
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astrantia
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Astrantia
major
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bastard balm
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Melittis
melissophyllum
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beech
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Fagus
sylvatica
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bird's-nest orchid
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Neottia
nidus-avis
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bloody crane's-bill
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Geranium
sanguineum
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blue-leaved petrocoptis
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Petrocoptis
pyrenaica ssp. glaucifolia
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bogbean
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Menyanthes
trifoliata
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burnt orchid
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Orchis
ustulata
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common bistort
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Polygonum
bistorta
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cone knapweed
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Leuzea
conifera
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cone saxifrage
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Saxifraga
conifera
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cork oak
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Quercus suber
| |
daisy-leaved toadflax
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Anarrhinum
bellidifolium
| |
dark-red helleborine
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Epipactis
atrorubens
| |
Deptford pink
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Dianthus
armeria
| |
dog's-tooth-violet
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Erythronium
dens-canis
| |
dragonmouth
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Horminum
pyrenaicum
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dull ophrys
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Ophrys fusca
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early marsh orchid
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Dactylorhiza
incarnata
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early purple orchid
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Orchis mascula
| |
early spider ophrys
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Ophrys
sphegodes
| |
elder-flowered orchid
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Dactylorhiza
sambucina
| |
English iris
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Iris latifolia
| |
Etruscan honeysuckle
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Lonicera
etrusca
| |
fairy foxglove
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Erinus alpinus
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field eryngo
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Eryngium
campestre
| |
fly orchid
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Ophrys
insectifera
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fragrant orchid
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Gymnadenia
conopsea
| |
French lavender
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Lavandula
stoechas
| |
frog orchid
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Coeloglossum
viride
| |
globeflower
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Trollius
europaeus
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grass-of-Parnassus
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Parnassia
palustris
| |
great yellow gentian
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Gentiana lutea
| |
greater yellow-rattle
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Rhinanthus
serotinus ssp. asturicus
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green-winged orchid
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Orchis morio
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hairy stonecrop
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Sedum villosum
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herb-Paris
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Paris quadrifolia
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hoop-petticoat daffodil
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Narcissus
bulbocodium
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horned pansy
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Viola cornuta
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hyssop-leaved sideritis
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Sideritis
hyssopifolia
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Kerry lily
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Simethis
planifolia
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kidney vetch
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Anthyllis
vulneraria
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large self-heal
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Prunella
grandiflora
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large-flowered butterwort
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Pinguicula
grandiflora
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large-flowered leopard's-bane
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Doronicum
grandiflorum
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livelong saxifrage
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Saxifraga
paniculata
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lizard orchid
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Himantoglossum
hircinum
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maiden pink
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Dianthus
deltoides
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maidenhair fern
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Adiantum
capillus-veneris
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Malling toadflax
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Chaenorhinum
origanifolium
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man orchid
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Aceras
anthropophorum
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marsh hawk's-beard
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Crepis
paludosa
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marsh ragwort
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Senecio
aquaticus
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marsh-marigold
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Caltha
palustris
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martagon lily
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Lilium
martagon
| |
Mediterranean buckthorn
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Rhamnus
alaternus
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merendera
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Merendera
pyrenaica |
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moss campion
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Silene acaulis
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musk-mallow
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Malva moschata
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neglected saxifrage
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Saxifraga
praetermissa
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osyris
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Osyris alba
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pale flax
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Linum bienne
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pale-flowered orchid
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Orchis pallens
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parnassus-leaved buttercup
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Ranunculus
parnassifolius
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pink butterfly orchid
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Orchis
papilionacea
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pink sandwort
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Arenaria
purpurascens
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prickly juniper
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Juniperus
oxycedrus
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prostrate toadflax
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Linaria supina
| |
purple saxifrage
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Saxifraga
oppositifolia
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pygmy hawk's-beard
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Crepis pygmaea
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pyramidal orchid
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Anacamptis
pyramidalis
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Pyrenean lousewort
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Pedicularis
pyrenaica
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Pyrenean oak
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Quercus
pyrenaica
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Pyrenean snakeshead
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Fritillaria
pyrenaica
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Pyrenean squill
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Scilla lilio-hyacinthus
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Pyrenean vetch
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Vicia
pyrenaica
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rampion bellflower
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Campanula
rapunculus
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rock cinquefoil
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Potentilla
rupestris
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rock soapwort
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Saponaria
ocymoides
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round-headed leek
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Allium
sphaerocephalon
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round-headed rampion
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Phyteuma
orbiculare
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round-leaved St John's-wort
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Hypericum
nummularium
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sawfly ophrys
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Ophrys
tenthredinifera
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sessile oak
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Quercus
petraea
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Sicilian orchid
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Dactylorhiza
markusii |
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small-leaved lime
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Tilia cordata
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snow gentian
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Gentiana
nivalis
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Solomon's-seal
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Polygonatum
multiflorum
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spiked rampion
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Phyteuma
spicatum
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spiked star-of-Bethlehem
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Ornithogalum
pyrenaicum
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spotted rock-rose
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Tuberaria
guttata
| |
spreading bellflower
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Campanula
patula
| |
spring gentian
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Gentiana verna
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spring pasque flower
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Pulsatilla
vernalis
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spring squill
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Scilla verna
| |
starry saxifrage
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Saxifraga
stellaris
| |
sticky flax
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Linum viscosum
| |
strawberry-tree
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Arbutus unedo
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Teesdale violet
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Viola
rupestris
| |
tongue orchid
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Serapias
lingua
| |
trumpet gentian
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Gentiana
acaulis |
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turpentine tree
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Pistacia
terebinthus
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vanilla orchid
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Nigritella
nigra
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water avens
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Geum rivale
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western holm oak
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Quercus ilex ssp. ballota |
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white asphodel
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Asphodelus
albus
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white false helleborine
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Veratrum album
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whorled lousewort
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Pedicularis
verticillata
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wild clary
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Salvia
verbenaca
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wild jasmine
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Jasminum
fruticans
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woodcock ophrys
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Ophrys scolopax
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wych elm
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Ulmus glabra
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yellow mountain saxifrage
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Saxifraga
aizoides
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Alpine Toadflax
Linaria alpina ssp. filicaulis
© Teresa Farino
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Great Yellow Gentian
Gentiana lutea
© Teresa Farino
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Large-flowered Butterwort
Pinguicula grandiflora
© Teresa Farino
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Natural history tours in the Picos de Europa:
Springtime in the Picos de Europa
Daily wildlife excursions in the Picos de Europa
A feast of flowers - botanical holidays in the Picos de Europa
Butterfly & moth holidays in the Picos de Europa
Reports from past trips to the Picos de Europa:
A Feast of Flowers in the Picos de Europa - 2009 trip report
Butterflies & moths of the Picos de Europa - 2008 trip report
Butterflies & moths of the Picos de Europa - 2006 trip report
Butterflies & moths of the Picos de Europa - 2005 trip report
BSBI Botanical Tour of the Picos de Europa - 2004 trip report
Related information:
Complete list of orchids for the Picos de Europa
Complete list of butterflies for the Picos de Europa
Read about Teresa Farino
Wildlife holidays and natural history tours in Spain & Portugal
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