Trip to Katara Pass and the Aspropotamos Region - Central Pindus

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Pics 223 and 227: Dianthus sp.  Still too early for it.  Later on occuring in large mats

Pics 262, 264 and 265: unidentified sp.  It is common but unusual as its flowers are very small and peculiar.  Any guess on the Genus?

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Pic 282: an orchid

Pics 288, 314, 348 and 346: Silene sp.

By now I moved to a nearby hill and I am at 1800 m.

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More Campanula hawkinsiana, occuring in masses, in disturbed areas in rocks by the road at 1750m. 

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Pics 297, 298 and 302: Unidentified sp.  A true rock dweller.  Wedged among hard rock in crevices.  Small but graceful.  Very nice leaves.  Any clue on the Genus?

Pics 339 and 440: Anchusa sp.

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Then I came upon this Beauty: Lilium albanicum ssp carniolicum.  It occured in slopes facing North at 1800 m, under sparse Pine forest.

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In the slopes species shown in pics 358 and 361.  I cannot recall the Genus.  Not so common, preferring light shade.

Moving downhill along the road:

Pics 452, 453 and 455: Minuartia or Cerastium sp.

I am confused about these two genuses.

[Tony Willis]

George

super report.I have been several times but always in early May and so have not seen the lilies in flower. What a treat I have missed. Totally different plants flowering at that time.

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The next two species that I will be showing grew next to each other.  But they look different to me.

Fisrst pics 459, 460 and 461: Minuartia or Cerastium (?)

Next pics 457 and 469: This looks like the previous sp but it has smaller flowers and different leaves.

All three species (452-453-455,  457-469 and 459-460-461) grow in an area no wider than 20 feet, on a gentle rocky slope (disturbed area) by the road.  Along grew masses of Campanula hawkinsiana and no less than five other flowering plants.

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One last transmission for tonight:

Pics 484 and 486: an unidentified sp.  Could it be a yellow hickory?

Pics 490 and 494: Senecio sp.

Pic 533: View of Metsovo (1150 m) from the West and from about 1450 m.

George

[Armin]

George,
wonderful images. enjoy the trip.  Pics 174, 183 and 428 looks like Armeria maritima ssp....

[Gabriela]

Beautiful and rich flora George.
204,208 - an Achillea.
358,361 - Scorzonera I think.
Then what follows is a Cerastium of some sort (petals usually emarginate/bifid, styles (3)5(6). This would be the easy way to distinguish it from Minuartia, but there may be exceptions.

In other pics you may also have an Arenaria.

[Pauli]

The Dianthus 223 and 227 could be haematocalyx ssp. pindicola!

[Tristan_He]

George,
wonderful images. enjoy the trip.  Pics 174, 183 and 428 looks like Armeria maritima ssp....

Do you think it might be A. canescens?

[Tristan_He]

The Euro+Med database is a useful resource for this kind of thing. You can query plants by country - so once you know what genus it is you can search mainland Greece, which helps narrow it down. Then a Google image search can help!
http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp]
[url]http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp[/url]

[Tristan_He]

Pics 262, 264 and 265: unidentified sp.  It is common but unusual as its flowers are very small and peculiar.  Any guess on the Genus?

Scrophularia? Certainly has a figwort look to it, though the flowers are quite open.