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SPECIES

African daisy

Alkali sandspurry

Alkanet

Anemone

Annual mercury

Annual nettle

Annual yellow sweet clover

Annual sea-blite

Anthemis chia

Astragalus spruneri

Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Autumn heather

Autumn squill

Balloon vine

Barbary nut

Beet

Bellevalia dubia

Bellevalia hyacinthoides

Big-root dandelion

Bird restharrow

Bird's foot trefoil

Biscutella didyma

Bishop’s weed

Black nightshade

Bladder campion (2)

Bladder corn salad

Bladder kidney vetch

Blue bindweed

Blue hound's tongue

Blue lupin

Blue pimpernel

Bluish fenugreek

Bocconi's sandspurry

Boisseri's clover

Branched asphodel

Branched broomrape

Branching centaury

Bristle fruit hedge parsley

Bristly crosswort

Bristly ox-tongue

Broadleaf glandweed

Broad leaf plantain

Broad-leaved cudweed

Broad-leaved stonecrop

Broom

Buck’s horn plantain

Bunch flowered narcissus

Bur medick

Burclover

Burning bush

Button medick

Calamintha incana

Calendula bicolor

Caley pea

Campanula drabifolia

Canadian horseweed

Caper

Cardiopatium corymbosum

Carpathian snow

Centaurea raphanina

Century plant

Chaste tree

Cheese weed

Cheilanthes acrostica

Chickweed

Chondrilla ramosissima

Clustered dock

Coastal viper’s bugloss

Colchicum bivonae

Common atractylis

Common brighteyes

Common broomrape

Common catchfly

Common cat's ear

Common golden thistle

Common groundsel

Common heliotrope

Common purslane

Common sow thistle

Common stork's bill

Common vetch

Convolvulus elegantissimus

Corn buttercup

Corn marigold

Corn melilot

Corn poppy

Cornish mallow

Cotton thistle

Coxcomb sainfoin

Crenate broomrape

Crepis multiflora

Cretan bryony

Cretan catchfly

Cretan rockrose

Crimson pea

Crocosmia sp.

Crowberry leaved St. John's wort

Crown daisy

Crown medick

Cyclamen graecum

Cyclamen hederifolium

Cyprus vetch

Dark grape hyacinth

Daucus guttatus

Daucus involucratus

Delphinium pergrinum

Devil’s thorn

Didesmus aegyptius

Dog cabbage

Dog figwort

Donald Waterer honeysuckle

Dovesfoot cranesbill

Downwards thornapple

Downy plantain

Dwarf chichory

Dyer's litmus

Dyer's madder

FAMILY

Asteraceae

Caryophyllaceae

Boraginaceae

Ranunculaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Urticaceae

Fabaceae 2

Amaranthaceae

Asteraceae

Fabaceae

Cactaceae

Ericaceae

Asparagaceae

Sapindaceae

Iridaceae

Amaranthaceae

Hyacinthaceae

Hyacinthaceae

Asteraceae 3

Fabaceae 2

Fabaceae 2

Brassicaceae

Apiaceae

Solanaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Caprifoliaceae

Fabaceae 3

Convolvulaceae

Boraginaceae

Fabaceae

Primulaceae

Fabaceae 3

Caryophyllaceae

Fabaceae 2

Asphodelaceae

Orobanchaceae

Gentianaceae

Apiaceae

Rubiaceae

Asteraceae 3

Orobanchaceae

Plantaginaceae

Asteraceae 2

Crassulaceae

Fabaceae

Plantaginaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Fabaceae 2

Fabaceae

Rosaceae

Fabaceae

Lamiaceae

Asteraceae

Fabaceae

Campanulaceae

Asteraceae 2

Capparaceae

Asteraceae

Asteraceae

Asteraceae

Agavaceae

Verbenaceae

Malvaceae

Polypodiaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Asteraceae

Polygoneaceae

Boraginaceae

Colchidaceae

Asteraceae

Asteraceae 3

Orobanchaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Asteraceae 2

Asteraceae 3

Asteraceae 3

Boraginaceae

Portulacaceae

Asteraceae 3

Geraniaceae

Fabaceae 3

Convolvulaceae

Ranunculaeae

Asteraceae

Fabaceae 2

Papaveraceae

Malvaceae

Asteraceae 2

Fabaceae 2

Orobanchaceae

Asteraceae 2

Cucurbitaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Cistaceae

Fabaceae

Iridaceae

Clusiaceae

Asteraceae

Fabaceae

Myrsinaceae

Myrsinaceae

Fabaceae

Asparagaceae

Apiaceae

Apiaceae

Ranunculaceae

Polygonaceae

Brassicaceae

Theligonaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Caprifoliaceae

Geraniaceae

Solanaceae

Plantaginaceae

Asteraceae

Euphorbiaceae

Rubiaceae

Early forget-me-not

Eastern buttercup

Eastern phagnalon

Echinops spinosissimus

Edible bird’s foot trefoil

Elephant garlic

Euphorbia helioscopia

Euphorbia pterococca

European searocket

European umbrella milkwort

Evergreen honeysuckle

False dittany

False yellowhead

Fennel

Fiddle dock

Field bindweed

Field clover

Field eryngo

Field gromwell

Field madder

Field marigold

Field mustard

Fine-leaved sandwort

Four-leaved allseed

Four o'clock flower

Frankenia pulverulenta

French flax

French lavender

French sorrel

Friar's cowl

Fumana ericoides

Fumitory

Gagea graeca

Genista acanthoclada

German camomile

German iris

Giant fennel

Giant lamb's quarters

Glandular speedwell

Glasswort

Glaucus glasswort

Goat pea

Goat's beard

Golden samphire

Golden star

Great stork's bill

Greek carline

Greek sage

Grey bird's foot trefoil

Grey field speedwell

Grey goosefoot

Hairy broomrape

Hairy canary clover

Hairy garlic

Hairy horseweed

Hairy medick

Hairy pink

Hairy plantain

Hairy sea heath

Hairy vetch

Hairy yellow vetch

Hedge germander

Hedge mustard

Hedge parsley

Helichrysum stoechas

Heliotropium hirsutissimum

Henbit deadnettle

Herb Robert

Hoary mustard

Honeywort

Horned ophrys

Horned poppy

Horned trigonella

Hottentot-fig

Hypericum triquetrifolium

Ice plant

Indian fig opuntia

Indian hedge mustard

Inula verbascifolia

Ironwort

Italian bugloss

Italian thistle

Jerusalem sage

Julian savory

Knautia integrifolia

 

Knotgrass

Knotted hedge parsley

Boraginaceae

Ranunculaceae

Asteraceae 3

Fabaceae

Fabaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Brassicaceae

Asteraceae 3

Caprifolaceae

Lamiaceae

Asteraceae 2

Apiaceae

Polygonaceae

Convolvulaceae

Fabaceae 2

Asteraceae 2

Boraginaceae

Rubiaceae

Asteraceae

Brassicaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Frankeniaceae

Linaceae

Lamiaceae

Polygonaceae

Araceae

Cistaceae

Fumariaceae

Liliaceae

Fabaceae

Asteraceae

Iridaceae

Apiaceae

Amaranthaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthaceae

Fabaceae 2

Asteraceae 2

Asteraceae 2

Asteraceae

Geraniaceae

Asteraceae

Lamiaceae

Fabaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Amaranthaceae

Orobanchaceae

Fabaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Asteraceae 2

Fabaceae 2

Caryophyllaceae

Plantaginaceae

Frankeniaceae

Fabaceae 3

Fabaceae 3

Lamiaceae

Brassicaceae

Apiaceae

Asteraceae

Boraginaceae

Lamiaceae

Geraniaceae

Brassicaceae

Boraginaceae

Orchideaceae

Papaveraceae

Fabaceae 3

Aizoaceae

Clusiaceae

Aizoaceae

Cactaceae

Brassicaceae

Asteraceae 2

Lamiaceae

Boraginaceae

Asteraceae

Lamiaceae

Lamiaceae

Dipsacaceae

 

Polygoniaceae

Apiaceae

Lamb's quarters

Lathyrus saxatilis

Lesser chickweed

Lichwort

Limonium graecum

Linearleaf snapdragon

Lomelosia brachiata

London rocket

Long-headed poppy

Malcolmia flexuosa

Malcolm stock

Mallow bindweed

Medicago disciformis

Mediterranean asparagus

Mediterranean cat's ear

Mediterranean clover

Mediterranean clubmoss

Mediterranean figwort

Mediterranean hartwort

Mediterranean lineseed

Mediterranean meadow saffron

Mediterranean plantain

Mediterranean rock rose

Mediterranean sow thistle

Mediterranean spurge

Mediterranean stork's bill

Micromeria nervosa

Milkthistle

Moss pigmyweed

Amaranthaceae

Fabaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Urticaceae

Plumbaginaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Dipsacaceae

Brassicaceae

Papaveraceae

Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae

Convolvulaceae

Fabaceae

Asparagaceae

Fabaceae

Asteraceae 2

Fabaceae 2

Selaginellaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Apiaceae

Orobanchaceae

Colchicaceae

PLantaginaceae

Cistaceae

Asteraceae 3

Euphorbiaceae

Geraciaceae

Lamiaceae

Asteraceae 3

Crassulaceae

INFORMATION

The around 400 different species I have found on the island up till now, belong to the families you will find below.

You can click on a family to see all the flowers belonging to this family with, in many cases, information about the flowering months (A),the size of the flower (B), the height of the plant (C) and the kind of location where they can be found (D).

 

PLANT FAMILIES

SPECIES

Naples garlic

Narrow leaf crimson clover

Narrow leaved aster

Navelwort

Nettleleaf goosefoot

Night-scented stock

Oleander

Olive leaved bindweed

One flower clover

Ononis sieberi

Ononis spinosa

Ononis viscosa

Ophrys heldreichii

Ophrys lutea ssp phryganae

Ophrys oestrifera

Opium poppy

Opposite leaved saltwort

Ornithogalum montanum

Oxalis pes-caprae var.pleniflora

Pale bugloss

Pale stonecrop

Parietaria lusitanica

Pelisser's toadflax

Perennial glasswort

Phagnalon saxatile

Pigmy cudweed

Pink micromeria

Pitch trefoil

Poppy anemone

Prickly goldenfleece

Prickly lettuce

Prickly saltwort

Prince’s feather

Prostrate pigweed

Prostrate spurge

Puncture vine

Purple nutsedge

Purple salsify

Purple spurge

Purple viper's bugloss

Pyramidal orchid

Rabbitfoot clover

Red campion

Red dock

Red goosefoot

Red pea

Reddish stonecrop

Redroot amaranth

Restharrow

Ribwort plantain

Rock navelwort

Rock samphire

Roman nettle

Rosemary

Rough bindweed

Rough clover

Rough poppy

Round-leaved geranium

Rozy garlic

Rucola

Rush skeleton weed

Rustyback

Sageleaf rockrose

Salad burnet

Salt heliotrope

Saltmarsh sandspurry

Sand leek

Sandspurry

Scallop-leaved mullein

Scorzonera crocifolia

Scrophularia lucida

Sea-lavender

Sea purslane

Sea rush

Sea squill

Sedum amplexicaule

Sedum litoreum

Sheperd’s needle

Sheperd's purse

Shining cranesbill

Shrubby sea blite

Silene bellidifolia

Silene spinescens

Silver giant scabiose

Silverleaf nightshade

Slender amaranth

Slender broom

Slender centaury

Slender leaved iceplant

Slender tare

Small flowered rockrose

Small flowered serapias

Small flowered viper's bugloss

Small white clover

Smooth amaranth

Smooth cat's ear

Smyrnium olusatrum

Snapdragon

Soldier's thistle

Sourgrass

Southern birdsfoot trefoil

Southern bugle

Southern crupina

Southern flax

Southern shepard’s needle

Southern star of Bethlehem

Spanish broom

Spanish flag

Spanish mustard

Spear-leaved orache

Spiked centaury

Spiny bear's breeches

Spiny broom

Spiny chicory

Spiny rush

Spiny starwort

Splendid bindweed

Spotted rock rose

Squirting cucumber

Star clover

Starch grape hyacinth

Steptorhamphus tuberosus

Sticky weed

Stinking bean trefoil

Stinking hawk's beard

Stinkwort

Stock

Stork's bill

Strand medick

Stranglevine

Syrian thistle

Tassel hyacinth

Teucrium capitatum

Thale cress

Thorny burnett

Three-horned stock

Thyme-leaved savory

Thyme rockrose

Thymus

Tree medick

Tree sea mallow

Tree tobacco

Trifolium infamia-ponertii

Trigonella balansae

Trigonella graeca

Trigonella monspeliaca

Tuberous hawkbit

Tuberous hawk’s beard

Tuberous rooted dock

Undulate alkanet

 

Valerianella muricata

Verbascum pinnatifidum

Violet sea lavender

Virgin's bower

Wall navelwort

Wall rue

Warty bedstraw

Wavy-leaf sea lavender

Wavy-leaved mullein

White anacyclus

White clover

White hedge nettle

White henbane

White mustard

Whitestem distafft thistle

White upright mignonette

Wild asparagus

Wild carrot

Wild cumin

Wild fennel

Wild mignonette

Wild saffron

Wild sage

Willow-leaf frostweed

Winged sea lavender

Winter daffodil

Woody sandwort

Woolly carline thistle

Woolly clover

Woolly distaff thistle

Wrinkled medick

Yellow hornpoppy

Yellow kidney vetch

Yellow wort

 

Zebra mallow

FAMILY

Amaryllidaceae

Fabaceae 2

Asteraceae

Crassulaceae

Amaranthaceae

Brassicaceae

Apocynaceae

Convolvulaceae

Fabaceae 3

Fabaceae 2

Fabaceae 2

Fabaceae 2

Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

Papaveraceae

Amaranthaceae

Hyacinthaceae

Oxalidaceae

Boraginaceae

Crassulaceae

Urticaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Amaranthaceae

Asteraceae 3

Asteraceae 2

Lamiaceae

Fabaceae

Ranunculaceae

Asteraceae 3

Asteraceae 2

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Zygophyllaceae

Cyperaceae

Asteraceae 3

Euphorbiaceae

Boraginaceae

Orchidaceae

Fabaceae 2

Caryophyllaceae

Polygonaceae

Amaranthaceae

Fabaceae

Crassulaceae

Amaranthaceae

Fabaceae

Plantaginaceae

Fabaceae 2

Apiaceae

Urticaceae

Lamiaceae

Smilacaceae

Fabaceae 2

Papaveraceae

Geraniaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Brassicaceae

Asteraceae

Polypodiaceae

Cistaceae

Rosaceae

Boraginaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Asteraceae 3

Scrophulariaceae

Plumbaginaceae

Amaranthaceae

Juncaceae

Liliaceae

Crassulaceae

Crassulaceae

Apiaceae

Brassicaceae

Geraniaceae

Amaranthaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Asteraceae 2

Solanaceae

Amaranthaceae

Orobanchaceae

Gentianaceae

Aizoaceae

Fabaceae 2

Cistaceae

Orchidaceae

Boraginaceae

Fabaceae 2

Amaranthaceae

Asteraceae 2

Apiaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Asteraceae 3

Oxalidaceae

Fabaceae

Lamiaceae

Asteraceae 2

Linaceae

Apiaceae

Hyacinthaceae

Fabaceae 2

Verbenaceae

Brassicaceae

Amaranthaceae

Gentianaceae

Acanthaceae

Fabaceae

Asteraceae

Juncaceae

Asteraceae 3

Convolvulaceae

Cistaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Fabaceae 3

Asparagaceae

Asteraceae 3

Rubiaceae

Fabaceae

Asteraceae 2

Asteraceae 2

Asteraceae 2

Geraniaceae

Fabaceae

Asclepiadaceae

Asteraceae 2

Asparagaceae

Lamiaceae

Brassicaceae

Rosaceae

Brassicaceae

Lamiaceae

Cistaceae

Lamiaceae

Fabaceae

Malvaceae

Solanaceae

Fabaceae 2

Fabaceae 3

Fabaceae 3

Fabaceae 3

Asteraceae 2

Asteraceae

Polygoneaceae

Boraginaceae

 

Caprifoliaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Plumbaginaceae

Ranunculaceae

Crassulaceae

Rutaceae

Rubiaceae

Plumbaginaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Asteraceae

Fabaceae 2

Lamiaceae

Solanaceae

Brassicaceae

Asteraceae

Resedaceae

Asparagaceae

Apiaceae

Apiaceae

Ranunculaceae

Resedaceae

Iridaceae

Lamiaceae

Cistaceae

Plumbaginaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Asteraceae

Fabaceae 3

Asteraceae

Fabaceae 2

Papaveraceae

Fabaceae

Gentianaceae

 

Malvaceae

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