• 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.