Monolluma socotrana

Monolluma socotrana

Monolluma socotrana can be found with flowers almost any time of the year on Socotra, but where to find one is the question. This one was just next to the…


Leucas flagellifera

Leucas flagellifera

Leucas flagellifera is found in southwestern and western Socotra, and I found several individuals near the coast of Nait. Elevation: 409 meters. Endemic.


Persian Carpet Flower (Edithcolea grandis)

Persian Carpet Flower (Edithcolea grandis)

Persian Carpet Flower (Edithcolea grandis) is found sporadically on Socotra and even rarer in bloom! Sometimes it grows under a bush, and you have to look…


Leucas flagellifera

Leucas flagellifera

Leucas flagellifera is a species found in southwestern and western Socotra, and I found several individuals near the coast of Nait. Elevation: 263 meters.…


Leucas flagellifera

Leucas flagellifera

Leucas flagellifera is a species found in southwestern and western Socotra, and I found several individuals near the coast of Nait. Elevation: 263 meters.…


Blepharis spiculifolia

Blepharis spiculifolia

Blepharis spiculifolia looks similar to Leucas spiculifolia, but is a cliff dwelling species. Blepharis spiculifolia is found on the northeastern coastal…


Blepharis spiculifolia

Blepharis spiculifolia

Blepharis spiculifolia looks similar to Leucas spiculifolia, but is a cliff dwelling species. Blepharis spiculifolia is found on the northeastern coastal…


Cynanchum revoilii

Cynanchum revoilii

Cynanchum revoilii is a very common species on Socotra, to mid-level elevations, but I have only occasionally encountered them in bloom like here. Native range…


Sida ovata

Sida ovata

Native range is Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Iran to India. Elevation: 554 meters.