Walking in the National Park Lake District area near Ardales there were many beautiful wild flowers but few as striking as this isolated endemic plant growing in the rocks in the hills. The flowers with their pink anther filaments start pink and fade to purple and finally go blue, a colour scheme set off by the felty, narrow, mid grey leaves. I struggled with the identification of this plant but thanks to David Shaw who came to my rescue.

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National Park above Lakes near Ardales, Andalucia, Spain 27th March 2008

Added on 10th April 2008, updated 23rd December 2008, updated 29th March 2010, updated 14th Nov 2014