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Below are the flowering periods of the wild plants of Malta, which so far are present on
the website. The data is displayed in the form of a table.
Info is gathered by personal observation aided with the bibliography like that of "A flora of the Maltese islands" by Haslam et al. and "Wild Plants of Malta" by Hans Christian Weber. For this reason there are copyright issues of publishing this page and one should contact me for any sort of publication.
Note that nature do not always follow strict rules and one may occasionally find flowers of certain wild plants out of season, and hence not as indicated in the tables. The tables are a general guide where one should GENERALLY find the plants in flower, but exceptions and deviations could take place from year to year.
For example early precipitation in mid of Summer would trigger plants to germinate and hence flower earlier than they normally do. Longer cold months in winter and considerable long periods of abnormal changes in temperature may also alter the flowering period and/or its flowering duration.
These tables should be of great use to know when to locate a certain wild plant in time on the Maltese islands.
Stephen Mifsud (Dip Agric).
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Table of the
flowering time of wild plants in Malta� |
(by Stephen Mifsud, www.maltawildplants.com � ) |
Family |
Species |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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Acanthaceae |
Acanthus mollis |
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Amaryillidaceae |
Narcissus
serotinus |
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{ |
{ |
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Narcissus
tazetta |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
{ |
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Pancratium
maritimum |
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{ |
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Araceae |
Arisarum vulgare |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
{ |
Asclepiadaceae |
Periploca
angustifolia |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
{ |
Asphodelaceae |
Asphodelus
aestivus |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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Asphodelus
fistulosus |
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{ |
{ |
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Asteraceae |
Aster squamatus |
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� |
� |
� |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Bellis annua |
{ |
{ |
{ |
� |
� |
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{ |
{ |
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Bellis
silvestris |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Chiliadenus
bocconei |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Conyza
bonariensis |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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Dittrichia
viscosa |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Glebionis
coronaria |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Inula
crithmoides |
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Lactuca serriola |
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{ |
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Senecio vulgaris |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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Sonchus
oleraceus |
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{ |
{ |
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Xanthium
strumarium |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Boraginaceae |
Anchusa azurea |
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{ |
{ |
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Borago
officinalis |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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Cerinthe major |
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{ |
{ |
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Heliotropium
europaeum |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Family |
Species |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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Caryophyllaceae |
Silene colorata |
{ |
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{ |
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Silene vulgaris |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
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Clusiaceae/Hypericaceae |
Hypericum
triquetrifolium |
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{ |
{ |
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Colchicaceae |
Colchicum
cupanii |
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{ |
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Convolvulaceae |
Convolvulus
arvensis |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Convolvulus
elegantissimus |
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{ |
{ |
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Cruciferea |
Brassica rapa
spp. silvestris |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
{ |
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Diplotaxis
erucoides |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Diplotaxis
tenuifolia |
{ |
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{ |
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Lobularia
maritima |
{ |
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{ |
{ |
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Raphanus
raphanistrum |
{ |
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{ |
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Sinapis alba |
{ |
{ |
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{ |
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Sisymbrium
officinale |
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{ |
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Cucurbitaceae |
Ecballium
elaterium |
{ |
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{ |
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Ericaceae |
Erica multiflora |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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Euphorbiaceae |
Chrozophora
tinctoria |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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Fabaceae |
Bituminaria
bituminosa |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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Family |
Species |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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Iridaceae |
Crocus
longiflorus |
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{ |
{ |
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Gladiolus
italius |
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{ |
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Iris
pseudopumila |
{ |
{ |
{ |
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Lamiaceae |
Ballota nigra
subsp uncinata |
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{ |
{ |
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Liliaceae |
Muscari
neglectum |
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{ |
{ |
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Scilla
autumnalis |
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{ |
{ |
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Uriginea
maritima |
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{ |
{ |
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Orchidaceae |
Anacamptis
pyramidalis |
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{ |
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Barlia
robertiana |
{ |
{ |
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Ophrys
bombyliflora |
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Ophrys eleonorae |
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Ophrys
melitensis |
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Ophrys
mesaritica |
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Ophrys fusca |
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Orchis collina |
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Orchis conica |
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Oxalidaceae |
Oxalis
pes-carpea |
{ |
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{ |
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Papaveraceae |
Papaver hybridum |
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Papaver rhoeas |
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Papaver
somniferum |
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Ranunculaceae |
Clematis
cirrhosa |
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{ |
{ |
{ |
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Rananculus
bullatus |
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{ |
{ |
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Scrophulariaceae |
Antirrhinum
sicilum |
{ |
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Antirrhinum
tortuosa |
{ |
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Kickxia spuria |
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Misopates
orontium |
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Smilicaceae |
Smilax aspera |
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{ |
{ |
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Solanaceae |
Hyoscyamus albus |
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