My humble contribution to the macro/floral world...
An Echium angustifolium (Hispid Viper's Bugloss) is very common in the Med so it seems it found its way over to Cyprus as well.
Thanks to Harry for naming it, I found all this nice info, too!
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An Echium angustifolium (Hispid Viper's Bugloss) is very common in the Med so it seems it found its way over to Cyprus as well.
Code:
Genus, Latin: Echium
Species, Latin: angustifolium
Family: BORAGINACEAE
Common name in English: Hispid viper's bugloss
Common name German: Natternkopf
Chorortype: Mediterranean
Life form Raunkiaer: chamaephyte, semi-shrub
Summer shedding: perenating
Succulence: non-succulent
Salt resistance: glycophyte
Habitat or affinity to vegetation formation: Bathas and herbaceous plant communities of the Mediterranean territory
Synanthropy: mostly natural, also synanthropic