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Centranthus calcitrapae
Glabrous plant, green-bluish, annual, 10-40 cm high. Opposed leaves up to 10 com long. Flowers at terminal and sessile inflorescences. Corole pink, soldated with a tube up to 2 mm long, with a short spur, five irregular petals and just one stamen. Calyx during blooming is like ring engrossment. In the fruiting period it develops pinnated filaments to fly. The fruit has a feathery calyx. It blooms during spring.
Pine tree and Holm oak forest
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec. f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 400. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired
Spotted on May 22, 2013
Submitted on Jul 14, 2013
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I changed the first pic