The Mediterranean is dwelling to a wide array of flowers that grow in the wild . They flourish in the teetotal summer semitropic clime , where temperature are by and large no higher than 80 degrees F and no grim than 32 stage F. Many Mediterranean flowers have found their path all over the reality , but they continue to characterize the landscape of countries like Portugal , Spain , France , Italy and Greece .
Crown Daisy
The crown daisy ( Chrysanthemum coronarium ) is also known as the chaplet chrysanthemum . This upbeat , white and sensationalistic appendage of the daisy family ( Asteraceae ) constellate the integral Mediterranean region , normally flowering between March and September . Its precise classification is as an one-year , Mediterranean herb , and it contains yellow-bellied florets . The crownwork daisy is redolent . It is especially pop in Chinese ( Cantonese ) and Nipponese cooking .
Annual Larkspur
The one-year larkspur is found throughout most of the Mediterranean region , including Portugal ’s famous Algarve . It is more officially hollo Consolida ambigua and is one of several metal money of larkspur that grows in the Mediterranean . The annual larkspur is a member of the Buttercup home ( Ranunculaceae ) . It is a unaired relation of the delphinium . Its grim , lavender , pink and snowy blooms grow in besotted clustering on stems that can get through up to 5 feet high . It should be take down that the annual larkspur is poisonous and decidedly not edible .
Turban Butterfly
The turban butterfly stroke ( Ranunculus asiaticus ) can be call a social butterfly stroke because it often grows in large groups of one color , whether white , yellowish , pink , violet or scarlet . The flowers are showy , commonly blooming from March to May . visitant to the easterly Mediterranean will line up these lovely bloom proliferate on wayside and incline . This Mediterranean beauty is also known as the Persian Buttercup . It is native to Iran as well as to Greece and Turkey . The turban butterfly is a perennial , growing to between 12 and 18 inches tall .
Sea Rose
Portugal , southern Spain , Corsica and Sardinia are among the plaza that the sea rise scream home . The Armeria pungens is also known as the beloved plant life or by a much less melodious name , briary thrift . The latter comes from the fact that it is a member of the Thrift family ( Plumbaginaceae ) . The ocean rose normally blooms between April and July . There are more than 100 species of the Armeria genus , most of them native to the Mediterranean .
“Harlequin” Flowers
The late Princess Grace of Monaco was a respected dominance on flowers , and she peculiarly relish create pressed heyday art . experience in the Mediterranean , the Princess authored a full illustrate workplace called " My Book of Flowers , " first published in 1980 by Sidgwick and Jackson Limited . Among the Princess ' favorite Mediterranean wildflowers was Fritillary involucrata , which she foretell fritillarias . Their bright green and reddish - purple color in a checkered traffic pattern sets them asunder and inspired the nickname " harlequin " flower . They mature to between 6 and 12 inch marvelous .
