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!




March 11, 2012

Two-leaf Squill


Tiny blue stars under the big white Snowdrops: Two-leaf Squill (Scilla bifolia). Many bulb flowers growing in the wild originate from gardens. But this is a truly wild species.


In the picture you can see whence its name; the flower stalk rises from between two gutted leaves.

















And here 'blue' is really blue, in strong contrast with leaves and ferns around.