Portugal

Yellow or Sticky Fleabane
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Dittrichia
Species: viscosa
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Horsetail Knotweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species: equisetiforme
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Sand Dunes, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Purple Milk Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Galactites
Species: tomentosa
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Chicken
Type: Animal, BirdFamily: Phasianidae
Genus: Gallus
Species: domesticus var crucifixus
Habitat: Arable land
Site: Faro, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Weasel’s Snout or Lesser Snapdragon
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Antirrhinum
Species: orontium
Habitat: Arable land, Meadows, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Tiny Bells
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species: lusitanica var lusitanica
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Meadows, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Mediterranean Catchfly, Windmill Pink or Gunpowder Weed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species: gallica var gallica
Flower_Colour:Pink, White
Habitat: Sand Dunes, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Common Greenshield Lichen (on Cork Oak)
Type: Lichen, Non-flowering PlantFamily: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Flavoparmelia
Species: caperata
Habitat: Woodlands
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Scarlet Pimpernel or Shepherd’s Weatherglass
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Primulaceae
Genus: Anagallis
Species: arvensis
Flower_Colour:Red
Habitat: Arable land, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Sand Spurry
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Spergularia
Species: rubra
Flower_Colour:Pink
Habitat: Sand Dunes, Scrubland, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Balm-leaved Figwort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Scrophularia
Species: scorodonia
Flower_Colour:Red
Habitat: Wetlands, Woodlands
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Sheep’s-bit Scabious with Red Velvet Mites on styles
Type: Animal, Flowering Plant, Herb, MiteFamily: Campanulaceae, Trombidiidae
Genus: Eutrombidium, Jasione
Species: montana, rostratus
Flower_Colour:Blue
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Ramping Fumitory
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Fumariaceae
Genus: Fumaria
Species: capreolata
Flower_Colour:Purple, White
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Common Stork’s-bill
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Geraniaceae
Genus: Erodium
Species: cicutarium
Flower_Colour:Pink
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Round-headed Club-rush
Family: CyperaceaeGenus: Scirpus
Species: holoschoenus
Flower_Colour:Green
Habitat: Wetlands
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS

Common Speedwell
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Veronica
Species: officinalis
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Meadows, Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Common Water-plantain or Mad-dog Weed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Alismataceae
Genus: Alisma
Species: plantago-aquatica
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Wetlands
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Rampion or Spreading Bellflower
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species: rapunculus
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Hedgerows, Waysides, Woodlands
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Seaside Centaury
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Gentianaceae
Genus: Centaurium
Species: littorale
Flower_Colour:Red
Habitat: Maritime
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Field Bindweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Convolvulus
Species: arvensis
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Sea Bindweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Calystegia
Species: soldanella
Flower_Colour:Pink
Habitat: Maritime, Sand Dunes
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Buttonweed or Brass Buttons
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Cotula
Species: coronopifolia
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Wetlands
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Purple Viper’s Bugloss, Patterson’s Curse, Salvation Jane, Blueweed, Lady Campbell Weed or Riverina Bluebell.
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Echium
Species: plantagineum
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple, Red
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Tree Mallow
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Malvaceae
Genus: Lavatera
Species: thuringaiaca
Flower_Colour:Pink, pink bright
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Mallow-leaved Bindweed
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Convolvulus
Species: althaeoides
Flower_Colour:Pink
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Purple Morning Glory
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: purpurea
Flower_Colour:Purple, purple bright
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Crown Daisy
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysanthemum
Species: coronarium var. discolor
Flower_Colour:White, Yellow
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Sweet Alyssum
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lobularia
Species: maritima
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Sand Dunes
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Silver Nailwort or Silvery Whitlow Wort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Paronychia
Species: argentea
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Spanish Oyster Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Scolymus
Species: hispanicus
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Slender-flowered Garlic
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Liliaceae
Genus: Allium
Species: tenuiflorum
Flower_Colour:Purple, purple pale
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Rock Phagnalon or African Fleabane
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Phagnalon
Species: rupestre
Flower_Colour:Yellow, yellow pale
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Algarve Pink
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Dianthus
Species: hinoxianus
Flower_Colour:Pink, pink pale
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Hill Lettuce or Common Andryala
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Andryala
Species: integrifolia
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Hoary Mullein
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Verbascum
Species: pulverulentum
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Rocks
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Yellow-wort
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Gentianaceae
Genus: Blackstonia
Species: gen, perfoliata
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Red Dock
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rumex
Species: bucephalophorus
Flower_Colour:Red
Habitat: Rocks
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Strawflower
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Helichrysum
Species: stoechas
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Sea Knotgrass
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species: maritimum
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Sand Dunes
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Indian Fig Opuntia or Barbary Fig or Prickly Pear
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species: ficus-indica
Flower_Colour:Orange
Habitat: Arable land, Meadows, Scrubland
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Red Assassin Bug
Type: Animal, Bug, InsectFamily: Reduviidae
Genus: Rhynocoris
Species: erythropus
Habitat: Scrubland
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Hyssop Loosestrife or Grass-poly
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Lythraceae
Genus: Lythrum
Species: hyssopifolia
Flower_Colour:Pink, Purple
Habitat: Wetlands
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main

Violet Sea Lavender
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Limonium
Species: virgatum
Flower_Colour:Purple
Habitat: Salt Marsh, Sand Dunes
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Caterpillar Plant
Family: FabaceaeGenus: Scorpiurus
Species: muricatus (subvillosus)
Flower_Colour:Yellow
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW

Easter Lily
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Araceae
Genus: Zantedeschia
Species: aethiopica
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Darkling Beetle
Type: Animal, Beetle, InsectFamily: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Heliotaurus
Species: ruficollis
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Melon Ladybird
Type: Animal, Beetle, InsectFamily: Coccinellidae
Genus: Epilachna
Species: chrysomelina
Habitat: Arable land
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

Boar Thistle
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Galactites
Species: tomentosa
Flower_Colour:pale purple, Pink, Purple
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW & RKS
Status: Main

Portugal – Faro – a Portuguese Vagrant
Type: SightseeingFamily: Dosseraceae
Site: Faro, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Journey
Context: Yes

Portugal – Faro – the Cathedral
Type: SightseeingSite: Faro, Portugal, Sightseeing
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Journey
Context: Yes

Daisy-leaved Toadflax
Type: HerbFamily: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Anarrhinum
Species: bellidifolium
Flower_Colour:Blue, Purple
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: showcase

Blue Pimpernel
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Primulaceae
Genus: Analagalis
Species: lilinifolia
Flower_Colour:Blue, blue bright
Habitat: Waysides
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: showcase

Water-cress
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Brassicaceae
Genus: rorippa
Species: nasturtium aquaticum
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Open Water
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: RKS
Status: Main

Forget-me-not
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Boraginaceae
Genus: Myosotis
Species: caespitosa
Flower_Colour:Blue
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main

White Asphodel
Type: Flowering Plant, HerbFamily: Asteraceae
Genus: Asphodelus
Species: Albus
Flower_Colour:White
Habitat: Meadows
Site: Odeceixe, Portugal
Month Taken: June
Photographer: DW
Status: Main