RESEARCH

 

 

The FSLab would like to thank the Herbarium from University of Algarve and particularly to José Rosa Pinto for the availability and kindness shown when collecting plants, providing their identification and storage. We also would like to thank Dida Kutz, Mark Egger Mathieu Coulombe and Oceana as well as everyone who contributed to Wikicommons project and allowed us to use their photos.

 

 

Avenca

Maidenhair fern

A. capillus-veneris

 

Alho bravo

Elephant garlic

Allium ampeloprasum

 

Mentrasto

Chick weed

Ageratum conyzoides

 

Medronheiro

Strawberry tree

Arbutus unedo

 

Artemísia

Sweet wormwood

Artemisia annua

© Wikicommons/Kristian Peters

Acelga

Beet

Beta sp blitva

Torga

Heather

Calluna vulgaris

Fel-do-mato

Centaury

Centaurium erithraea

Esteva

Gum rock rose

Cistus ladanifer

Marmeleiro

Quince

Cydonia oblonga

Tádega

False yellow head

Dittrichia viscosa

Erva cavalinha

Common horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Urze branca

Tree heath

Erica arborea

Urze rosa

Spanish tree heath

Erica australis

Funjo

Fennel

Foeniculum vulgare

Morangueiro

Strawberry

Fragaria vesca

© Wikicommons/作者

Erva de São Roberto

Little-Robin

Geranium purpureum

Girassol

Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Batata doce

Sweet potato

Ipomoea batatas

Rosmaninho

Topped lavender

Lavandula stoechas

 

Tremoceiro comum

White lupin

Lupinus albus

© Wikicommons/Ghislain118

Tremoceiro

Pearl lupin

Lupinus mutabilis

© Mark Egger

Oliveira

Olive tree

Olea europaea

Zambujeiro

Wild-olive

Olea europaea var. silvestris

Tanchagem

Broadleaf plantain

Plantago major

© Wikicommons/H. Zell

Beldroega

Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

© Wikicommons/Jason Hollinger

Cerejeira

Cherry tree

Prunus avium

© Wikicommons/author unknown

Framboeseiro

Red Raspberry

Rubus idaeus

Amoreira

Elmleaf blackberry

Rubus ulmifolius

Sonchus sp.

Sow thistles

Sonchus sp

Erva-ursa

Wild thyme

Thymus serpyllum

 

Irish moss

Chondrus crispus

© Wikicommons/Kontos

 

Southern sea palm

Eisenia arborea

© Dida Kutz

 

Sea lettuce

Enteromorpha species

© Wikicommons/Mirgolth

 

Thongweed

Himanthalia elongata

© Wikicommons/Baralloco

 

Kombu

Laminaria japonica

© Wikicommons/David Csepp

 

Kombu

Laminaria ochroleuca

© OCEANA/Juan Carlos Calvín

 

Sea belt

Laminaria saccharina

© Mathiew Coulombe

 

Nori

Porphyra sp.

© Wikicommons/Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich

 

Sea lettuce

Ulva lactuca

 

 

Sea lettuce

Ulva prolifera

© FAO

 

Wakame

Undaria pinnatifida

© Oregon's Tsunami Floating Dock

 

 

Chaetoceros muelleri

 

 

 

Dunaliella salina

 

 

 

Dunaliella tertiolecta

 

Caracol

snail

Helix aspersa

Vulnerária

kidneyvetch

Anthyllis vulneraria subsp.

maura

Pilreteiro

Common Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Tulipa

Tulip

Papaver rhoeas

Tomilho

Mediterranean Thyme

Thymbra capitata

 

 

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