Flora of Central Pelion

Central Pelion topoguide: Glaucium flavum

The flora of Mt Pelion was never systematically studied. From a synthesis of the sofar knon fragmetary records, 620 plant species and subspecies have been recorded. From these, 12 are pteridophytes (ferns), 5 are gymnosperms (conifers) and the remaining 603 are angiosperms (521 dicots and 82 monocots).

Central Pelion topoguide: Helleborus odorus ssp. cyclophyllus

Central Pelion topoguide: Nigella arvensis

Regarding endemics, Pelion hosts on local endemic supspecies, Soldanella chrysosticta susbp. pelia, a plant hard to see and rare, wth beautiful purple flowers, growing in permanently wet places in shady beech forests. Furthermore, Pelion hosts 23 Greek endemics, 26 Balkan sub-endemics, namely species and subspecies appearing only in the Balkans and one more neighboring area.

Central Pelion topoguide: Nigella arvensis

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GUIDES TO MT PELION

Photos and descriptions for plant species of Central Pelion are included in the guide Central Pelion topoguide, created by AnaDigit.

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Central Pelion is a member of the Central Greece topoguides group.

It is very interesting that topoguide Greece has the ability to simultaneously display many areas, thus allowing the overall view of the detailed map of the whole of Mt Pelion and the easy alternation of the routes, the Points Of Interest and the dozens of pages of the guide with the countless photos.