Cercedilla Field Notes: Spring Flowers at Ermita de San Antonio

As I have mentioned elsewhere in this blog, we are having a very wet and cold spring, but this afternoon the sun came out a bit and we went to the magical Ermita de San Antonio and we stopped to smell the flowers (well not really, more stopped to admire and marvel at the variety and intensity of colors and take pictures and ID them on Pl@ntNet)!

  • Vicia sativa

    • EN: common vetch, garden vetch, tare or simply vetch
    • ES: la arveja, veza o alverja

  • Arenaria montana

    • EN: the mountain sandwort
    • ES: arenaria montana

  • Echium plantagineum

    • EN: purple viper’s-bugloss, Paterson’s curse or Salvation Jane
    • ES: comúnmente llamada buglosa o flor morada

  • Pentaglottis sempervirens

    • EN: commonly known as green alkanet or evergreen bugloss
    • ES: La lengua de buey
    • First Sightings:
      • 2026/04/19

  • Hyacinthoides hispanica

    • EN: Spanish bluebell or wood hyacinth
    • ES: Jacinto de los bosques o escila española
    • First Sightings:
      • 2026/04/19

  • Ranunculus bulbosus

    • EN: commonly known as bulbous buttercup or St. Anthony’s turnip
    • ES: El ranúnculo bulboso o hierba velluda

  • Asphodelus albus

    • EN: common name white asphodel
    • ES: El asfódelo, varilla de San José, gamoncillo o gamón blanco
    • First Sightings:
      • 2026/04/19

  • Anthemis arvensis

    • EN: known as corn chamomile, mayweed, scentless chamomile, or field chamomile
    • ES: La manzanilla bastarda o manzanilla de los campos

  • Taraxacum officinale

    • EN: dandelion or common dandelion
    • ES: diente de león o achicoria amarga

  • Ornithogalum umbellatum

    • EN: garden star-of-Bethlehem, grass lily, nap-at-noon, or eleven-o’clock lady
    • ES: estrella de belén, leche de gallina, leche de pájaro

  • Centaurea cyanus

    • EN: cornflower or bachelor’s button
    • ES: aciano, azulejo o pincel

  • Erodium cicutarium

    • EN: stork’s-bill or pinweed
    • ES: aguja del pastor

  • Geranium molle

    • EN: dove’s-foot crane’s-bill
    • ES: pico de cigüeña
    • First Sightings: