Ptilostemon chamaepeuce Shrubby Ptilostemon
On a hill top outside Siana, we came across what looked like a huge area of shrubby thistles. Although the flowers looked familiar, the large mounds of purple flowering shrub were not. Moreover it was a powerful attractant for insects and there were many yellow Cleopatra butterflies which look very like our native Brimstones.
Ptilostemon chamaepeuce is an Eastern mediterranean plant found in Greece, Cyprus, Crete and also in Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey.
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Near Siana, Rhodes, Greece 14th May 2010
Added on 5th December 2011