The document provides descriptions of plant species and their native habitats across various regions in Europe and western Asia. It describes over 50 different plant species, including their genus and species names as well as subspecies in some cases. For each plant, it lists the location where photos were taken of the plants growing in their natural environments, ranging from mountainous areas to coastal regions, across countries like Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and more.

1. WHERE THEY CHOOSE TO GROW WHERE THEY CHOOSE TO GROW Tre Cime di Laverado, Dolomites After the brief introduction, we illustrate plants that most gardeners will recognise, growing in the plants’ chosen, i.e. native habitats. From the mountains of western Turkey to Cape St. Vincent, Portugal

3. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. leonensis Picos de Europa, Spain

4. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. leonensis

5. Picos de Europa, Spain There were once Narcissus meadows in these valleys

6. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. leonensis

7. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. leonensis

8. Cypripedium calceolus Below Rolle Pass, Dolomites, Italy

9. Cypripedium calceolus

11. Crocus gargaricus Uluda ğ, Bursa, Turkey

12. Crocus gargaricus

13. Crocus biflorus subsp. pulchricolor

14. Crocus biflorus subsp . pulchricolor

15. Crocus biflorus subsp. pulchricolor

16. Helleborus orientalis Below Lake Abant, Bolu, Turkey

17. Helleborus orientalis

18. Helleborus orientalis

19. Lake Abant, Bolu, Turkey Cyclamen coum & Helleborus orientalis

20. Helleborus orientalis

21. Cyclamen coum

22. Daphne sericea Between Gulnar & Silifke, Turkey

23. Daphne sericea

24. Daphne sericea

25. Iris unguicularis subsp. carica Between Fethiye & Korkuteli, Turkey

26. Iris unguicularis subsp . carica

27. Tulipa agenensis N. of Mersin, Turkey

28. Tulipa agenensis

29. Tulipa agenensis

30. Tulipa agenensis

31. Asphodeline lutea Ephesus, Turkey

32. Asphodeline lutea

33. Asphodeline lutea

34. Crocus on Mt. Parnassos, Greece

35. Possibly hybrids

36. Crocus veluchensis Scilla bifolia

37. Crocus sieberi subsp. sublimis

38. Crocus sieberi subsp . sublimis

39. Third week in April 1982

40. First week in May 1982

41. Anemone blanda Mt. Parnassos

42. Anemone blanda

43. Iris reichenbachii Mt. Parnassos

44. Iris reichenbachii

45. Sternbergia lutea Above Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi , Greece

46. Sternbergia lutea

47. Sternbergia lutea

48. Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii Nr. Delphi, Greece

49. Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii

50. Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii

51. subsp. wulfenii subsp. characias

52. Euphorbia rigida Between Sparta & Kalamata, Peloponnese, Greece

53. Euphorbia rigida

54. Aubretia deltoidea Between Sparta & Kalamata, Greece

55. Aubretia deltoidea

56. phrygana, Crete

57. Ophrys fusca subsp. iricolor Nr. Kato Zakros, Crete

58. Ophrys fusca subsp. iricolor

59. Ophrys fusca subsp . iricolor

60. Ophrys fuciflora Ophrys lutea

61. Ranunculus asiaticus Between Sitia & Paleo Castro, Crete

62. Ranunculus asiaticus

63. Ranunculus asiaticus E. of Hersonissos, Crete

64. Ranunculus asiaticus Nr. Ypsona, Cyprus

65. Ranunculus asiaticus

66. Cultivated Ranunculus asiaticus

67. Phlomis lanata Cistus creticus Nr. Kato Zakros, Crete

68. Phlomis lanata

69. Cistus creticus

70. Cistus creticus

71. Cistus salvifolius Between Cesme & Karaburun, Turkey

72. Cistus salvifolius

73. Rosmarinus officinalis Crete

74. Rosmarinus officinalis

75. Tulipa saxatilis Nr. Kato Petros, Crete

76. Tulipa saxatilis

77. Tulipa saxatalis (b akeri ) Omalos Plateau , Crete

78. Tulipa saxatilis ( bakeri )

79. Arum creticum Above gorge on road to Sellia, Crete

80. Dracunculus vulgaris Nr. Moni Ag. Triada, Akrotiri, Crete

81. Dracunculus vulgaris

82. Dracunculus vulgaris

83. Mt. Etna, Sicily

84. Lava flow

85. Vegetation re-colonising

86. Paeonia mascula subsp. rossii Nr. Regnalga, Etna, Sicily

87. Paeonia mascula subsp . rossii

88. Paeonia mascula subsp . rossii

89. Paeonia mascula subsp . rossii Piano Zucchi, Sicily

90. Paeonia mascula subsp . rossii

91. Acanthus mollis Above Agrigento, Sicily

92. Acanthus mollis

93. Acanthus mollis

94. Pulsatilla alpina subsp. alpina Below Col D’Iseran, Savoie, France

95. Pulsatilla alpina subsp. alpina

96. Pulsatilla alpina subsp. alpina

97. Pulsatilla alpina subsp. apiifolia Bindelweg, Dolomites, Italy

98. Pulsatilla alpina subsp. apiifolia

99. Pulsatilla vulgaris Cambridgeshire, U.K.

100. Gentiana acaulis Below Col D’Iseran, Savoie, France

101. Gentiana acaulis

102. Gentiana alpina Cirque de Troumouse, Pyrenees, France

103. Gentiana alpina

104. Gentiana verna Cime Bianche, Nr. Cervinia, Italy

105. Gentiana verna

106. Gentiana lutea Col du Portalet, Pyrenees, France

107. Gentiana lutea

108. Geum reptans Col du Galibier, Hautes Alpes, France

109. Geum reptans

110. Geum reptans

111. Iberis spathulata subsp. spathulata Pic de Midi de Bigorre, Pyrenees, France

112. Iberis spathulata subsp. spathulata

113. Iberis spathulata subsp. spathulata

114. Nr. Bindelweg, Pordoi, Dolomites, Italy

115. Rhododendron ferrugineum Nr. Lac du Mt. Cenis, Savoie, France

116. Rhododendron ferrugineum

117. Rhododendron hirsutum Val di Veneggia, Rolle Pass, Dolomites, Italy

118. Rhododendron hirsutum

119. Rhododendron ferrugineum R. hirsutum

120. Rhodothamnus chamaecistus Val di Veneggia

121. Rhodothamnus chamaecistus

122. Rhodothamnus chamaecistus

123. Lilium bulbiferum Below Pordoi Pass, Dolomites, Italy

124. Lilium bulbiferum

125. Lilium bulbiferum

126. Lilium martagon Nr. Crevoux, Hautes Alpes, France

127. Lilium martagon

128. Paradesia liliastrum Nr. Karrerpasse, Dolomites, Italy

129. Paradisia liliastrum

130. Paradisia liliastrum Anthericum liliago

131. Campanula barbata Campolonga Pass Dolomites, Italy

132. Campanula barbata

133. Campanula spicata Nr. Lake Fedaia, Dolomites, Italy

134. Campanula spicata

135. Campanula cochlearifolia Nr. Lech, Tyrol, Austria

136. Gampen, above St. Anton, Austria Campanula thyrsoides

137. Campanula thyrsoides

138. Digitalis grandiflora St. Anton, Austria

139. Primula marginata Vallon de Gordolasque, Alpes Maritimes, France

140. Primula marginata

141. Amelanchier ovalis Causse du Larzac, Aveyron, France

142. Amelanchier ovalis

143. Iris lutescens Causse du Larzac, Aveyron, France

144. Iris lutescens

145. Iris lutescens

146. Linum campanulatum Causse du Larzac, Aveyron, France

147. Linum campanulatum

148. Orchis militaris Southern France

149. Orchis militaris

150. Orchis simia

151. Orchis simia

152. Orchis purpurea

153. Orchis purpurea

154. Orchis purpurea

155. Orchis purpurea

156. Dactylorhiza elata Northern Spain

157. Dactylorhiza elata Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Photo – Mike Ireland

158. Dactylorhiza foliosa D. fuchsii hybrid In cultivation

159. Dactylorhiza fuchsii hybrids Self sown

160. Dactylorhiza fuchsii hybrids

161. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus Massif Central, France

162. Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp . pseudonarcissus

163. Narcissus poeticus Alpes Maritimes, France

164. Narcissus poeticus

165. Narcissus poeticus

166. Lilium pyrenaicum W. Of Gorge de St. George, Aude, France

167. Lilium pyrenaicum

168. Primula farinosa Port de Gavarnie, Pyrenees, France

169. Primula farinosa

170. Val d’Ossoue, Pyrenees, France Primula elatior

171. Primula elatior

172. Doronicum grandiflorum

173. Doronicum grandiflorum

174. Daphne cneorum Nr. Heas, Pyrenees

175. Daphne cneorum

176. Daphne cneorum

177. Northern Spain

178. Campanula speciosa

179. Teucrium pyrenaicum Col de Portet d’Aspet

180. Teucrium pyrenaicum

181. Teucrium pyrenaicum

182. Sempervivum arachnoideum Above Osseya, Pyrenees, France

183. Sempervivum arachnoideum

184. Sempervivum arachnoideum

185. Sempervivum wulfenii Switzerland

186. Eryngium bourgatii Val d’H éas, Pyrenees, France

187. Eryngium bourgatii

188. Eryngium bourgatii

189. Narcissus rupicola Sierra de Gredos, Spain

190. Narcissus rupicola Sierra de Villafranca, Spain

191. Narcissus rupicola

192. Digitalis obscura Costa del Sol, Spain

193. Digitalis obscura

194. Digitalis obscura

195. Narcissus cernuus Nr. Ribamondego, Portugal

196. Narcissus cernuus

197. Narcissus cernuus

198. Narcissus cernuus

199. Narcissus x consolationis N. x susannae

200. Narcissus cantabricus Convento de Calatrava, Spain

201. Narcissus cantabricus

202. Narcissus cantabricus

203. Narcissus obesus Cape St. Vincent, Portugal

204. Narcissus obesus

205. The End