Friar's Cowl
Friar's Cowl, Arum vulgare This little flower blooms in winter on Kythera. Its odd little hood is striped green and purple. Dried flower, Fratsia 1991.
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Narcissus
Narcissus, Narcissus tazetta A member of the daffodil family, the lovely narcissus blooms in Kythera’s meadows in early spring. This particular variety bears its flowers in a clust...
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Orchid
Orchid Kythera is blessed with many types of orchids, common all over the Mediterranean, but always exciting to see in the wild. Many orchids have markings that look like insect sh...
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Italian Orchid
Orchid, Orchis italica Blooming in winter, this orchid seems to have one large flower-head at the top of its stem, but the head is actually made of dozens of tiny flowers packed ti...
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Queen Anne's Lace
Queen Anne’s Lace, Daucus carota This prolific weed lines the roadside in summer and pops up in cultivated fields after the harvest. In the summer of 2003, vast acres in Areoi were...
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