Wild Flowers Provence

Identify wild flowers, trees, shrubs, orchids and other plants in Provence, France.

Environ 2800 photos de près de 700 plantes sauvages.  Comment le voir en français.
Around 2800 photos of nearly 700 wild plants: guide.

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Odontites verna

Odontite rouge
Red Bartsia

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Additional information

Plant family

Area

Provence Verte

Flower colour

pink

Flower size

8-10 mm

Flowering months

June,

July,

August,

September,

October

Leaf type

Lanceolate

Height

10-40 cm

Description

A half-parasite, when no host plant is available it remains small. A much-branched plant with purplish square stems. Damp grasslands.

Flowers

Flowers in a spike, light reddish-pink, tubular, 2-lipped; upper lip hooded and nearly straight, lower lip wider with 3 shallow lobes, 4 prominent stamens.

Leaves

Lanceolate leaf is lance-shaped: long and widest in the middle. Long, pointed, serrated, dense, opposite each other on the stem. Upper leaves bend upwards, lower leaves bend downwards.

Fruits Seeds

Capsule: hairy.

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