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Aristolochia cretica
3-622.73.15English: Cretan Birthwort.
Region: Crete, Karpathos.
Habitat: shady and rocky places.BotanyFlowers: saxaphone-shaped; attract flies by exuding a strong smell; flies crawl down into the flowers, get trapped by the hairs that surround the 'mouth' and remain, crawling around, inside the flower overnight, to be released; flowers are well disguised by surrounding grass and other plants; blooms from February to July.
Region: Crete, Karpathos.
Habitat: shady and rocky places.BotanyFlowers: saxaphone-shaped; attract flies by exuding a strong smell; flies crawl down into the flowers, get trapped by the hairs that surround the 'mouth' and remain, crawling around, inside the flower overnight, to be released; flowers are well disguised by surrounding grass and other plants; blooms from February to July.