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Flowers of Provence, Part 6
Globularia to
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Image 1. Globularia alypum, la Globulaire arbrisseau, or shrubby globularia

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Image 2. Globularia cordifolia, the matted globularia,
growing among limestone rocks near the summit of the Lure


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Image 3. Probably Gymnadenia conopsea, la Gymnadénie à long éperon, the fragrant orchid

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Image 4. Helianthemum appeninum, l'Hélianthème blanc, the white rockrose

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Image 5. Probably Helianthemum appeninum, l'Hélianthème blanc, the white rockrose

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Image 6. I think this is Helianthemum oelandicum, l'Hélianthème d'Italie, a species of rockrose

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Image 7. Healianthus annus, the sunflower

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Image 8. Healianthus annus, the sunflower, with a honeybee

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Image 9. Probably Helichrysum stoechas, l'Immortelle, or possibly H. italicum, the everlasting

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Image 10. Probably Helichrysum stoechas, l'Immortelle, or possibly H. italicum, the everlasting

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Image 11. Probably Helleborus foetidus, the stinking hellebore

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Image 12. Probably Helleborus viridus, the green hellebore,
or possibly H. foetidus the stinking hellebore, in French, l'Hellébore


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Image 13. Himantoglossum hircinum, l'Orchis bouc, the lizard orchid.
The stalks of this orchid can get quite tall, bearing many flowers


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Image 14. Himantoglossum hircinum, l'Orchis bouc, the lizard orchid

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Image 15. Himantoglossum hircinum, l'Orchis bouc, the lizard orchid

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Image 16. Himantoglossum hircinum, l'Orchis bouc, the lizard orchid,
with a bug peeking out from behind the flower


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Image 17. Hyoscyamus niger, a kind of Jusquiame, or henbane, growing in a fallow farm field

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Image 18. Probably Hypericum perforatum, le Millepertuis commun, or St. John's wort

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Image 19. Iberis sp., a kind of candytuft

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Image 20. Inula montana, called mountain inula

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Image 21. Iris pallida, the pale iris

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Image 22. Lactuca perennis, la Laitue vivace, or blue lettuce.
The flower can easily be mistaken for that of Chicory, Cichorium intybus,
but the leaves and growth form of the plants are distinctively different.


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Image 23. Lamium maculatum, l'Ortie Maculée, or spotted dead-nettle

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Image 24. Lamium maculatum, l'Ortie Maculée, or spotted dead-nettle

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Image 25. Something in the pea family, possibly a Lathyrus sp.?

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