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 27, 2018

Ivy-leaved Speedwell


This Speedwel is one of the first to flower and it is really tiny. It is easy to find on old stone walls, in gardens and on the sides of a walking path. Its leaves look a little bit like those of Ivy, hence its name, Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia).





Only when the sun shines the blue flowers open and show their white inside, they are not bigger than half a centimeter.





Like in other Speedwells, the crown has four lobes.





It is end of March and already fruits develop.