Some photos from several of my trips to the Southeastern Peloponnese, Greece.

Gulf of Lakonia, Greece. Note the beach rack made up mostly of Posidonia oceanica (an endemic Mediterranean seagrass) debris. The beaches in this area are little used by humans even though they are shallow, warm and calm during the summer months.	Caleurpa prolifera, a species indigenous to the Mediterranean, collected from the beach area photographed in Monemvasia
Giant fennel growing at Monemvasia, Lakonia, Greece	A composite growing in rock at Monemvasia, Lakonia, Greece
Taiegetos mountains, Lakonia, Greece as viewed from the east	July sunset from the fortress at Monemvasia, Lakonia, Greece
Narcissus tazetta a common winter-time flower of the region with an interesting history. Supposedly the cultivar was developed in China and brought back to Venice along the Far East trade routes. The Romans supposedly carried the bulbs with them as poison in the event that they were mortally wounded in battle. More likely, it was shared among the public due to it having a very strong sweet musky fragrance. In Southern Lakonia Greece it is called "Manusha". It does not reproduce sexually thus must be carried by humans to spread. Even more remarkable that it can be found in Tunisia on dry hillsides and also in my aunt's back field but no where else in the town.