
- Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Rethymno, Nida plateau
- Photo taken by: Avramakis, M.
- Photo taken date: September 2006
Cretan milk-Vetch
Plants
Plants
Meadow ecosystem
Alpine ecosystem
Photo of Cretan milk-vetch, Astracantha cretica, a thorny cushion-shaped shrub, endemic of the mountains of Crete. It often grows in overgrazed areas.