2003 Crete

Plant species of Crete

Useful identification keys and publications

Chryssoula and Antonis Alibertis: Die wilden Orchideen Kretas (1989).
R. Jahn and P. Schönfelder: Exkursionsflora für Kreta (Stuttgart 1995).
T. G. Tutin et al. (eds.): Flora Europaea (Cambridge 1963-1993).
George Sfikas: Wild flowers of Crete (Athens 1992).
W. Strasser: Pflanzen des Peloponnes (Vaduz 2002).

List of recorded plant species

6-4-2003: Mochos (hill opposite to petrol-station) (Google Map)

Anagallis arvensis ssp foemina
Andrachne telephioides
Anemone coronaria
Anemone heildrechii = Anemone hortensis subsp. heldreichii
Anemone pavonina
Anthemis chia
Asphodelus albus
Biscutella didyma
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Centaurea calcitrapa
Centranthus calcitrapa
Ceterach officinarum
Convolvolus elegantissimus = Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. tenuissimus
Cyclamen creticum
Cynoglossum columnae
Dracunculus vulgare
Euphorbia exigua
Evax contracta
Evax pygmaea
Geranium purpureum
Geranium rotundifolium
Gynandriris sisyrinchium
Hymenocarpos circinnatus
Lotus ornithopodioides
Lotus tetragonolobus = Tetragonolobus purpureus
Malva sylvestris
Mandragora officinarum
Ophrys lutea
Ophrys tenthredinifera
Orchis anatolica
Orchis collina = Barlia collina
Orchis italica
Orchis papilionacea
Orchis spitzelli subsp. nitidifolia = Orchis prisca = Barlia prisca
Orobanche ramosa
Oxalis pes-caprae
Parentucellia latifolia
Plantago afra
Plantago lagopus
Polygala venulosa
Ranunculus ficaria subsp. chrysocephalus
Ranunculus paludosus
Romulea columnae
Salvia fruticosa = Salvia triloba
Selaginella denticulata
Sherardia arvensis
Sisymbrium officinale
Stellaria cupaniana = Stellaria media
Thalictrum spec
Tordylium apulum
Tuberaria guttata
Umbilicus horizontalis
Urginea maritima
Valeriana asarifolia ?
Verbascum spec
Veronica cymbalaria
Vicia lutea
Vicia sativa

6-4-2003: Village of Mochos (Google Map)

Anogramma leptophylla
Arisarum vulgare
Bituminaria bituminosa
Cardaria draba
Centaurea calcitrapa
Cerastium glomeratum
Ceterach officinarum
Cistus creticus =Cistus incanus subsp. creticus
Daucus carota
Erophila verna
Gagea graeca
Galium aparine
Lamium amplexicaule
Lupinus albus
Minuartia hybrida
Olea europaea
Prasium majus
Plantago lanceolata
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Ranunculus asiaticus
Selaginella denticulata
Silybum marianum
Sinapis arvensis
Smilax aspera
Sonchus oleraceus
Stellaria pallida
Trifolium hybridum
Urtica pilulifera
Urtica urens
Vicia hybrida

7-4-2003: Near Agia Varvara (Google Map)

Anchusa azurea
Anemone coronaria
Barlia robertiana
Bellardia trixago
Borago officinalis
Calicotome villosa
Cerinthe major
Ebenus cretica
Fumana arabica
Ophrys cretica
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. herae
Orchis italica
Orchis papilionacea = Anacamptis papilionacea
Phagnalon graecum
Phlomis fruticosa
Ranunculus asiaticus
Satureja thymbra
Scandix pecten-veneris
Tragopogon sinuatus = Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. australis

7-4-2003: Near Agios Thomas (Google Map)

Arisarum vulgare
Bellis sylvestris
Biscutella didyma
Bupleurum lancifolium = Bupleurum protractum
Calendula arvensis
Cardamine hirsuta
Carex distans
Cerinthe major
Cyclamen creticum
Euphorbia helioscopia
Euphorbia segetalis
Geranium pusillum
Luzula forsteri
Medicago arabica
Medicago rugosa cf
Muscari comosum
Ophrys bombyliflora
Ophrys cretica
Ophrys lutea
Ophrys scolopax
Ranunculus asiaticus
Ranunculus creticus
Ranunculus ficaria subsp. cystocephalus
Ranunculus muricatus
Ruscus aculeatus
Serapias orientalis
Umbilicus erectus
Veronica arvensis
Vinca major

7-4-2003: Near Panassos (Google Map)

Asphodeline lutea
Cheilanthes pteridioides = Cheilanthes maderensis
Urginea maritima
Valantia muralis

7-4-2003: Near Zaros (Google Map)

Anthyllis tetraphylla
Lagurus ovatus
Lathyrus annuus
Oenanthe pimpinelloides
Orchis simia
Orobanche gracilis
Orobanche pubescens
Petromarula pinnata
Serapias vomeracea ssp laxiflora
Trifolium stellatum
Valeriana asarifolia

7-4-2003: Near Kamares (Google Map)

Aethionema saxatile
Alyssum simplex
Arenaria serpyllifolia
Euphorbia characias
Linaria simplex
Medicago orbicularis
Petrorhagia velutina
Rumex bucephalophorus
Salvia viridis
Sideritis curvidens
Silene behen
Veronica polita

7-4-2003: Near Fourfouras (Google Map)

Arabis verna
Aristolochia cretica
Bryonia cretica ssp cretica
Gladiolus italicus
Lathyrus ochrus
Melilotus sulcatus
Ophrys iricolor
Orchis provincialis subsp. pauciflora = Orchis pauciflora
Ranunculus gracilis
Scrophularia heterophylla

7-4-2003: Coast near Kokkinos Pirgos (Google Map)

Beta maritima
Catapodium marinum
Equisetum ramosissimum
Gladiolus italicus
Glaucium flavum
Hypecoum procumbens
Juncus bufonius
Medicago marina
Phalaris minor
Plantago coronopus
Silene colorata

8-4-2003: Path along coastline near Paralia Milatou (Google Map)

Anchusa aegyptiaca
Anthemis rigida
Arabis cretica
Arenaria muralis cf
Aristolochia cretica
Ceterach officinarum
Chrysanthemum segetum
Coronilla scorpioides
Dracunculus vulgare
Echium angustifolium
Euphorbia acanthothamnos
Euphorbia dendroides
Frankenia hirsuta
Helichrysum conglobatum = Helichrysum stoechas subsp. barrelieri
Hippocrepis multisiliquosa
Hyoscyamus albus
Iris unguicularis subsp. cretensis
Lotus edulis
Malcomia flexuosa subsp. flexuosa
Malcomia flexuosa subsp. nacsersis
Matthiola tricuspidata
Melica minuta
Melica rectiflora
Mercurialis annua
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
Muscari comosum
Onobrychis crista-galli
Ophrys cretensis =O. sphegodes subsp. cretensis = O. araneola subsp. cretensis
Ophrys iricolor
Ophrys lutea
Origanum onites
Orobanche canescens
Orobanche gracilis
Orobanche pubescens
Pancratium maritimum
Papaver rhoeas
Parietaria judaica
Posidonia oceanica
Rostraria cristata
Rumex tuberosus subsp. creticus
Scrophularia heterophylla
Serapias parviflora
Sideritis curvidens
Silene cretica
Tragopogon sinuatus = Tragopogon crocifolius subsp. samaritani
Trifolium boissieri
Trifolium uniflorum
Trigonella balansae
Valerianella discoidea
Vicia cretica subsp. cretica

9-4-2003: Hills near Kroustas (Google Map)

Acer sempervirens
Anthyllus vulneraria subsp. rubiflora
Carex caryophyllea
Fritillaria messanensis
Hordeum vulgare
Iris planifolia ?
Onosma graeca
Ophrys iricolor
Ophrys lutea
Ophrys omegaifera = Ophrys fusca subsp. omegaifera
Ophrys scolopax subsp. heldreichii = Ophrys heldreichii
Ophrys tenthredinifera
Prunus webbii
Ranunculus asiaticus
Ranunculus cupreus
Serapias lingua

9-4-2003: Woods near Prina: Pentaheris (Google Map)

Briza minor
Cephalanthera damasonium
Cistus parviflorus
Clypeola jonthlaspi
Cyclamen creticum
Erisymum spec
Fritillaria messanensis
Gagea peduncularis
Geranium columbinum
Linum utatisissimum
Malcolmia chia
Misopates orontium
Nerium oleander
Ophrys lutea
Ophrys scolopax
Orchis papilionacea = Anacamptis papilionacea
Serapias orientalis
Serapias parviflora

9-4-2003: Coast near Istro (Google Map)

Anacamptis pyramidalis
Fumaria judaica ssp judaica
Knautia integrifolia ssp mimica
Medicago littoralis
Onosma graeca
Orchis collina = Barlia collina
Phlomis lanata
Salvia verbenaca
Scorpiurus muricatus
Thlaspi perfoliatum

9-4-2003: Meadows near Sisi (mon. of St. Georges) (Google Map)

Anacamptis pyramidalis
Arundo donax
Briza maxima
Dracunculus vulgare
Origanum onites
Ruta chalepensis

10-4-2003: Near Kera

Erica arborea
Medicago arborea
Vicia villosa

10-4-2003: Lasithiou (Google Map)

Anemone coronaria
Conium maculatum
Datura stramonium
Lamium amplexicaule
Lathyrus aphaca
Ornithogalum nutans
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Ranunculus arvensis
Ranunculus asiaticus
Ranunculus ficaria
Ranunculus muricatus
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica persica

10-4-2003: Avrakondes - Dikti mountain (Google Map)

Alyssum simplex
Arabis verna
Cerastium glomeratum
Clypeola jonthlaspi
Crocus laevigatus
Erodium cicutarium
Gagea bohemica
Gagea peduncularis
Holosteum umbellatum
Hornungia petraea
Iris unguicularis subsp cretensis
Minuartia hybrida
Montia minor
Myosotis incrassata
Ornithogalum dictaeum subsp. dictaeum
Ornithogalum nutans
Saxifraga hederacea
Scilla nana = Chionodoxa nana
Taraxacum aleppicum
Verbascum macrurum
Veronica polita
Vicia lathyroides
Viola cretica
Viscum album subsp. creticum

11-4-2003: Near Siva (Google Map)

Allium subhirsutum
Artemisia arborescens
Convolvulus arvensis
Ficus carica
Galactites tomentosa
Galium extensum
Geranium rotundifolium
Glaucium flavum
Hippocrepis biflora = Hippocrepis unisiliquosa
Hypericum empetrifolium ssp empetrifolium
Lavatera olbia
Lythrum junceum
Prunus cerasus
Prunus dulcis
Reseda luteola
Rosmarinus officinalis
Scabiosa atropurpurea
Sonchus asper

11-4-2003: Field near Kalamaki (Google Map)

Allium nigrum
Holcus mollis
Kickxia spuria
Leontice leontopetalum
Sanguisorba minor

11-4-2003: Dunes near Kalamaki (Google Map)

Aira elegantissima
Cakile maritima
Erodium laciniatum
Lagurus ovatus
Medicago arborea
Muscari spreitzenhoferi
Ononis natrix ssp hispanica
Orobanche ramosa
Plantago belardii
Spergularia media

12-4-2003: Village Zakros (Google Map)

Oxalis corniculata

12-4-2003: Gorge near Kato Zakros (Google Map)

Alkanna tinctoria
Anagallis arvensis subsp. arvensis
Arum concinnatum
Asparagus acutifolius
Astragalus hamosus
Campanula pelviformis
Convolvulus siculus
Delphinium staphisagria
Erysimum candicum subsp. candicum
Erysimum creticum
Ficus carica
Filago cretensis subsp. cretensis
Hyoscyamus niger
Linaria simplex
Linum arboreum
Malcomia nana = Maresia nana
Malva cretica
Mercurialis annua
Nepeta melissifolia
Ononis reclinata
Picris altissima = Picris sprengerana
Platanus orientalis
Reichardia intermedia
Ricotia cretica
Ruta graveolens
Sagina apetala
Scirpoides holoschoenus
Scorzonera cretica
Silene gallica
Tamus communis
Trifolium tomentosum
Urtica pilulifera

12-4-2003: Beach at rocky coast near Kato Zakros (Google Map)

Cymbalaria longipes
Gynandriris monophylla = Gynandriris sisyrinchium
Juncus acutus
Papaver hybridum
Parapholis marginata
Scorzonera mollis subsp. idaea
Sedum litoreum subsp. praesidis
Silene sedoides
Asparagopsis armata (seaweed)
Cystoseira sp (seaweed)
Podina pavonica (seaweed)

12-4-2003: Small hill near Karydi (Google Map)

Anemone coronaria
Arum creticum
Bellevalia brevipedicellata
Bellis sylvestris
Daphne sericea
Ophrys bombyliflora
Ophrys iricolor
Ophrys lutea
Ophrys scolopax
Ophrys sphegodes
Orchis collina
Orchis italica
Orchis laxiflora
Orchis papilionicea = Anacamptis papilionacea
Schoenus nigricans

13-4-2003: East of Iraklion (Google Map)

Allium roseum
Cakile maritima
Calendula arvensis
Convolvulus oleifolius
Cuscuta epithymum
Enarthrocarpus arcuatus
Erodium gruinum
Eryngium maritimum
Euphorbia paralias
Limonium sinuatum
Lithospermum arvense
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
Ornithogalum collinum
Pallenis spinosa
Pseudorlaya pumila
Sedum litoreum subsp. litoreum
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum villosum
Tamarix parviflora
Vulpia myuros

13-4-2003: Harbor of Iraklion

Corallina elongata (seaweed)
Dictyota dichotoma (seaweed)

13-4-2003: Near Tylissos (Ida) (Google Map)

Aira elegantissima
Anemone heldreichii
Arenaria muralis
Bellis annua subsp. annua
Bellis longifolia
Crocus laevigatus
Crocus sieberi subsp. sieberi
Echium italicum
Erodium malacoides
Fumaria officinalis
Holosteum umbellatum subsp. umbellatum
Hypericum perfoliatum
Hypochaeris radicata
Lecokia cretica
Linaria micrantha
Linaria pelisseriana
Lithospermum arvense
Myosotis discolor ? (not mentioned in flora)
Myosotis ramosissima
Ophrys tenthredinifera
Quercus coccifera
Quercus pubescens
Rhagadiolus edulis
Serapias orientalis
Sisymbrium orientale
Stachys arvensis
Veronica arvensis

13-4-2003: Surroundings of Anogia - Axos (Google Map)

Anagallis arvensis ssp arvensis
Anagallis arvensis ssp foemina
Barlia robertiana
Carex flacca
Crataegus azarolus
Cyclamen creticum
Muscari comosum
Ophrys cretica
Ophrys lutea
Ophrys scolopax
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Petrorhagia prolifera
Plantago cretica
Saxifraga hederacea
Tulipa saxatilis

14-4-2003: Surroudings of Chersonissou - Piskopiana (Google Map)

Ammi majus
Cichorium intybus
Crupina crupinastrum
Eruca sativa
Ferula communis
Geranium tuberosum
Petromarula pinnata
Scaligeria cretica
Scrophularia peregrina
Tragopogon hybridus

14-4-2003: Fodele (Google Map)

Adiantum capillus veneris
Anchusa variegata
Apium nodiflorum
Arbutus unedo
Arum italicum subsp. concinnatum
Ballota nigra
Bidens tripartita
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Campanula tubulosa
Carduus pycnocephalus
Carex divulsa
Carex otrubae
Carex pendula
Catapodium rigidum
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Coronilla cretica
Coronilla parviflora = Coronilla rostrata
Crepis fraasii cf
Crupina crupinastrum
Cynoglossum creticum
Cyperus longus
Epilobium hirsutum
Eupatorium adenophorum
Fumana thymifolia
Fumaria capreolata
Gagea graeca
Linaria pelisseriana
Lolium perenne
Lotus palustris
Lutzia cretica = Alyssoides cretica
Mentha longifolia
Nasturtium officinale
Ononis verae
Ophrys fuciflora ?
Orchis quadripunctata
Phalaris aquatica
Pistacia lentiscus
Plantago major
Quercus coccifera
Ranunculus peltatus
Romulea ramiflora
Salix alba
Samolus valerandi
Scrophularia peregrina
Securigera securidaca
Sedum creticum
Stachys ocymastrum
Styrax officinalis
Symphytum creticum = Procopiana cretica
Vicia cretica cf

15-4-2003: Mpixariana

Equisetum telmateia
Orchis anatolica ssp sitiaca
Rubia peregrina

15-4-2003: Evangelismus (Google Map)

Alisma lanceolatum
Aster squamatus
Carex divisa
Eleocharis palustris
Epilobium tetragonum
Isoetes histrix
Isolepis setacea
Juncus capitatus
Laurentia gasparrinii
Linaria pelisseriana
Ranunculus peltatus
Serapias lingua
Serapias orientalis

15-4-2003: Demati (river Anapodaris) (Google Map)

Anchusa azurea
Anchusa undulata subsp. hybrida
Bromus intermedius
Carthamus lanatus
Crassula tillaea
Echium arenarium
Helianthemum syriacum
Neatostema apulum
Orchis italica
Punica granatum
Salvia viridis
Satureja thymbra
Tuberaria guttata
Vicia cretica cf

16-4-2003: Surroundings of Kastri - Keratokambos (coast) (Google Map)

Anagallis arvensis ssp arvensis
Atractylis cancellata
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Coronilla scorpioides
Ebenus cretica
Glaucium corniculatum
Hedysarum spinosissimum
Hyoseris scabra
Hypochaeris achyrophorus
Juniperus phoenicea
Lamarckia aurea
Lathyrus clymenum
Lotus halophilus
Lycium schweinfurthii
Lygeum spartum
Malva cretica
Malva parviflora
Melilotus indicus
Orchis anatolica subsp. sitiaca
Petromarula pinnata
Plantago coronopus subsp. commutata
Spergularia bocconi
Cynodon dactylon
Torilis arvensis
Verbascum macrurum
Vicia cretica cf

16-4-2003: Syndonia (Google Map)

Bellardia trixago
Serapias orientalis
Serapias parviflora

17-4-2003: Aghios Ioannis - Afendis Stavromenos (Google Map)

Aceras anthropophorum = Orchis anthropophora
Aethionema saxatile
Apium nodiflorum
Carex distachya
Carex illegitima
Cerastium comatum
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca
Limodorum abortivum
Luzula nodulosa
Melica rectiflora
Orchis anatolica
Orchis pauciflora
Papaver hybridum
Ranunculus cupreus
Scutellaria hirta
Senecio leucanthemifolius var leucanthemifolius
Tulipa cretica

17-4-2003: Coast near Koutsounari (Google Map)

Bellardia trixago
Centaurium erythraea subsp. rhodense
Linum strictum
Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp diphyllum
Silene pinetorum ?
Trifolium ornithopodioides

18-4-2003: Island Spinalonga (Google Map)

Alyssum simplex
Aristolochia parvifolia
Asteriscus aquaticus
Carex divisa
Centaurea raphanina ssp raphanina
Lomelosia brachiata = Tremastelma palaestinum = Scabiosa brachiata
Medicago coronata
Medicago rugosa
Notobasis syriaca
Ornithogalum narbonense
Pallenis spinosa
Ruta chalepensis ssp chalepensis
Satureja nana = Acinos nanus
Silene dichotoma subsp recemosa
Tragopogon hybridus
Velezia rigida

18-4-2003 and 19-4-2003: Gorge near Vlihadia (Google Map)

Anemone hortensis subsp. heildreichii
Brassica cretica subsp. cretica
Capparis spinosa subsp. spinosa
Carduus pycnocephalus
Centaurea raphanina ssp raphanina
Cerinthe retorta
Cheilanthes maderensis
Cheilanthes vellea = Cosentinia vellea
Crucianella imbricata
Echium italicum
Fumaria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
Lathyrus annuus
Lathyrus hierosolymitanus
Leontodon tuberosus
Melilotus sulcatus
Parietaria cretica
Petromarula pinnata
Polypodium cambricum
Ptilostemon chamaepeuce
Salvia fruticosa = Salvia triloba
Scutellaria sieberi
Securigera globosa = Coronilla globosa
Silene gigantea
Smyrnium creticum = Smyrnium apiifolium

18-4-2003 and 19-4-2003: Near houses of Skinias-Vlihadia (Google Map)

Anchusa aegyptiaca
Carpobrotus edulis var. rubescens
Centaurea idaea
Centaurea spinosa
Iris germanica
Lotus cytisoides
Mentha x piperita
Onopordum bracteatum subsp. creticum
Orobanche crenata
Polygonum maritimum