Cyprus
Wild flowers of Cyprus
Cyprus Post has issued the second part of the Cypriot Wild Flowers series consisting of four stamps.
Allium sphaerocephalon, subsp, sphaerocephalon
A bulbous perennial herb, which usually grows in vineyards, garigue and rocky slopes, especially in the western part of the island, from sea level to 1250m. It blooms from May to June.
Anthemis tricolor
Endemic, prostrate perennial herb. It is very common on dry, rocky slopes with phrygana vegetation. From sea level to 850m. It blooms from February to May.
Onobrychis venosa
Endemic perennial herb with short stem. A common species in many areas of the island, occurring usually in phrygana vegetation or occasionally on sandy coasts, from sea level to 1000m. It blooms from February to March.
Tragopogon poffifolius subsp. longirostris
Biennial or perennial herb with a thick, fleshy taproot. It is very common in cultivated and fallow land, along roads, in phrygana and stony hillsides from sea level to 1950m. It blooms from March to June.
Based on information supplied by the Cyprus Post Office, Philatelic Department, Nicosia, Cyprus.
