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Acanthus mollis
Bear's Breeches
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0317 0124 (2017-03-01)Copyright © 2017 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Apr 26, 2016
latitude 35.41896 longitude 23.93851
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location
Botanic Park of Crete, south of Fournes, close to the road from Chania town to Omalos plateau, Northwest Crete (Crete, Greece)notes Slo.: akant, deža - syn.: Acanthus longifolius Poir. - Habitat: mountain ravine, north aspect, mostly in shade, skeletal ground, elevation 165 m (540 feet); average precipitations about 1.000 mm/year, average temperature about 10-12 deg C, Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Comment: Acanthus mollis is a famous plant. Ancient Greek architects admired the plant and used the shape of their beautiful leaves as a motive in design of heads of the famous Corinthian columns, which are a key element in Greek ancient architecture admired for millennia. Indeed the attractive plant with large pinnately-lobed ground leaves and stout, over 1 m tall inflorescences, with individual whitish-pink-violet flowers of unusual shape up to 5 cm long and spiny bracts, makes a strong impression. No wonder; it is often used in horticulture in spite of the fact that is can be also an unpleasantly invasive species. It grows in the whole Mediterranean region. Ref.: (1) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 420. (2) V. Papiomytoglou, Wildblumen aus Griechenland, Mediterraneo Editions, 2006, p18. (3) I. Schӧnfelder, P. Schӧnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 200.camera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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Bear's Breeches, Oyster Plant (photographer)
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