Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) with bark snails

Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) with bark snails

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails (Achatinelloides) sporadically throughout Socotra, but find them covering an entire Socotra cucumber tree…


Gymnocarpos kuriensis

Gymnocarpos kuriensis

Elevation: 409 meters. Endemic.


Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus)

Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus)

A very young Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) that has survived the insatiable appetite of the goats - only because it growing where they cannot…


Paraerva microphylla

Paraerva microphylla

Paraerva microphylla is Endemic to Socotra. Elevation: 16 meters.


Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata)

Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata)

Elevation: 542 meters. Native range of Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata) is Africa to tropical Asia.


Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata)

Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata)

Native range of Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata) is Africa to tropical Asia. Elevation: 542 meters.


Kransmynte (Clinopodium vulgare)

Kransmynte (Clinopodium vulgare)

Kransmynte (Clinopodium vulgare) har naturlig utbredelse i Makaronesia, Middelhavslandene, Europa til Sibir og Vest-Himalaya.


Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Acanthophyllum cerastioides is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 4029 meters. Native range is Pakistan to South Tibet and Himalaya.