Saturday, October 21, 2023

littoral




Olivarda (Dittrichia viscosa). 

A perennial, woody at the base. At a time of year when there are very few other wild plants in flower, this very common plant is reassuringly blooming. "Olivarda" is just one of its numerous vernacular names in Spanish. 

It is strongly aromatic,  somewhat camphor-like. We relish the smell ourselves, but others regard the plant as a stinker and some of the names allude to this. (I'm not bothering to quote the English names that I've seen because I doubt if anyone uses them.)





Albardine (Lygeum spartum). A remarkable grass, each flower-head consisting of just a single spikelet that contains one or two flowers.



You can be fined for leaving litter on this land but if you have the right authorization you can level it.



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