Flora, Los Alcornocales Nature Park

Mirador del Embalse de Guadarranque - Castellar de la Frontera 

(Los Alcornocales Nature Park) 01/03/15

Sea Squill/Dirimia maritima (Urginea maritima)

This plant goes also under the name of Maritime squill, it has a very large bulb, sometime weighing more than 1 kilo and 20 cm in diameter. In Spring the bulb produces a tall inflorescence (it can reach up to 1,5 m heigh) with small white flowers. Later they turn into pea size seed pots. Sea squill grows mostly in rocky coastal terrain around the Mediterranean basin and prefers hot dry climate.

Hozgarganta - Jimena de la Frontera (Los Alcornocales Nature Park) 15/05/15

Nerium oleander

Ethnobotanical gardens "El Risco" 

Jimena de la Frontera 16/04/16

Sage leaved rock-rose, Jara o estepa, (Cistus salfiifolius)

Lavender (Lavandula stoechas)

Star of Bethlehem, Leche de gallina, (Ornithogalum broteroi)

Milk Thistle,  Cardo mariano (Silybum marianum)

Broom/Genista 

Iris/Pé-de-burro (Gynandriris sisyrinchium)