With over 1700 plants and wild flowers of Crete growing all over this wonderful Greek island it is a colourful and aromatic place to spend some time.

Aromatic Inula (Dittrichia viscosa)

AROMATIC INULA

The Aromatic Inula belongs to the Asteraceae, (Daisy) family and grows all around the Mediterranean.

DITTRICHIA VISCOSA (Latin)

This flower grows abundantly in the autumn months all over the Greek Island of Crete. You'll find it along roadsides and uncultivated fields.

As its name suggests it has a lovely aroma and was traditionally used as a dye of a greenish yellow shade.

FALSE YELLOWHEAD

Numerous yellow flower heads and sticky leaves are characteristics of this plant. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects.

STICKY FLEABANE ALSO KNOWN AS AROMATIC INULA

In folklore medicine the leaves were infused and were used to treat all manner of conditions ranging from skin ailments, to hangover cures, to arthritis.

We can highly recommend the excellent and informative hand book named Wild Flowers of Crete in which Aromatic Inula features. You can buy it by visiting our Cretan Village Shop where you can buy a range of Crete books and maps of Crete. We stock a small handpicked collection of Crete books that are not available through Amazon and will be hard to find outside of Crete itself. They cover subjects such as Crete guide books and maps, the Samaria Gorge, Wild Flowers of Crete, Horta and the Cretan Diet cookery recipes.

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