Cereal field with wild flowers, Colfiorito, Umbria, Italy - Flowers in the Landscape - 1
In mountain regions of the Apennines, the fields often have stony soil and the crops grow with the traditional weeds of cultivation that have become rarities wherever cultivation is intensive. Here there are blue cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) corn Chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), scarlet poppies (Papaver rhoeas) pink corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and the tiny yellow corn buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis). The cereals are often species of primitive wheats such as Farro, ow prized as a ‘luxury’ food.Sibillini, Umbria, Italy June 2017


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Hemlock, Carrot Fern (Conium maculatum)
Bear's ear primula (Primula auricola)
Mountain avens (Dryas octopetala)
Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna)
Elderflower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) with Eugenia's pansy (Viola eugeniae)
Elderflower Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina)
Spring Cyclamen (Cyclamen repandum)
Poet's Narcissus (Narcissus poeticus) on the Piano Grande
Rock Jasmine (Androsace villosa)
Rock Jasmine (Androsace villosa) growing with Trumpet Gentian  (Gentiana dinarica)
Bright blue Apennine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpina var ambigens) with Yellow Apennine wallflower (Erysimum pseudorhaeticum) and Grape hyacinth (Muscari commutatum)
Mountain fritillary (Fritillaria montana )
Mountain fritillary (Fritillaria montana )
Neapolitan  Crocus (Crocus neapolitanus) formerly Crocus vernus