Clematis elisabethae-carolae

Clematis elisabethae-carolae is one of the rarest flower of Crete and found only in a few locations in the Lefka Ori.
The flowers grow in deep hollows and crevices in calcareous rocks (as above, photographed in the northern part of the Ammoutsera valley) and have the sweet scent of citrus flowers. Quite a contrast with the extremely harsh landscape surrounding them.

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