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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Campanula drabifolia

300_6309 [Campanula drabifolia]
 
A very short plant
found usually at low-level rocky places of Central and Southern Greece
but it can also be found much higher, up to 1000 m.
 
It flowers from March to May.
Its violet-blue flowers are small, between 10 to 15 mm.
 
 Photographed at the foot of Mt. Hymittos.
 
 

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Campanula celsii

IMG_0575 [Campanula celsii]

 
 
801_4869 [Campanula celsii]

Campanula celsii is a biennial plant,
endemic to Attica and some nearby islands.
It grows in crevices and gaps of mountainous rocky slopes
at heights up to 800 meters.
It blooms from April to early July.
 
 
801_4873 [Campanula celsii]
 
A close-up of the flower:
 
It might be looking huge
but actually it hardly ever reaches 3 cm in length.
 
The pictures above were taken on Mt. Hymittos.