Phlomis purpurea - Purple Phlomis
Phylum: Magnoliophyta - Class: Equisetopsida - Order: Lamiales - Family: Lamiaceae
This robust-looking shrub can be seen throughout southern Portugal and central and southern Spain. It is an evergreen that flowers from April to June and can be found in dry and stony habitats, on roadsides and in field margins.
The pictures shown here were taken in April in the Algarve region of southern Portugal .
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