This is another sterile, flashed botanical pic. This time of an extremely rare annual that is grown in Mt Scopus Botanical Garden, dedicated to the wild flora of Israel.
A Mediterranean sepcies growing from Crete eastwards to Israel. It blooms in May after most other flwoers are long gone. the whole plant is felted, adapted to reduce water loss in its semi-ard habitat.
Stachys ehrenbergii is a rare perennial that grows in the Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon and Hermon mountains. It is not a spectacular flower, neverthelesss it is part of the local diversity.
Stachys longispicata is an endangered perennial, growing along in the wetlands of nortern Israel. It is a least known speices ranging from Israel nad Turkey.
Stachys longispicata is an endangered perennial, growing along in the wetlands of nortern Israel. It is a least known speices ranging from Israel nad Turkey.
Stachys longispicata is a least known species of the Middle East, in Israel it is rare and endangered, restricted to the Hula Valley in trhe north part of the country.
