Flora of East Aegean Islands

Allium candargyi is a plant species endemic to Greece, known only from the Island of Lesbos (Λέσβος) in the Aegean Sea. Allium candargyi is a perennial bulb-forming herb producing an umbel of flowers.

Fritillaria rhodia, called the Rhodian fritillary, is a Greek species of plant in the lily family Liliaceae. The only known wild populations are on the Island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea, although the species has been cultivated elsewhere.

Allium archeotrichon is a species of onion endemic to the east Aegean islands – Rhodes, Tilos and Symi. It is a bulb-forming perennial with a scent resembling that of onions or garlic. It produces an umbel of flowers.

Kenopleurum virosum is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kenopleurum. It is a perennial native to the eastern portion of Lesbos, a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea.

Digitalis ikarica is a species of foxglove, a perennial flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. It is native to the East Aegean islands. Its name comes from the island of Ikaria, where it is common on roadside verges.

Acantholimon aegaeum is a species of flowering plant in the Plumbaginaceae family. It is a subshrub native to the East Aegean Islands. It was first described by Fred W. Meyer in 1987.

Kenopleurum virosum is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kenopleurum. It is a perennial native to the eastern portion of Lesbos, a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea.

Liquidambar orientalis, commonly known as oriental sweetgum or Turkish sweetgum, is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar, native to the eastern Mediterranean region, that occurs as pure stands mainly in the floodplains of southwestern Turkey and on the Greek island of Rhodes.

Quercus aucheri, known as Aucher's oak or the Boz-Pirnal oak is a species of oak tree in the family Fagaceae. It is found in limited portions of the Aegean islands of Greece and parts of Anatolian Turkey. It is placed in section Ilex.

Cyclamen rhodium (also called Cyclamen peloponnesiacum; once included in Cyclamen repandum) is a species of flowering plant in genus Cyclamen of the family Primulaceae, native to the Peloponnese, Rhodes, and southwestern Kos. It is a tuberous perennial growing to 10 cm (4 in), with mottled, heart-shaped leaves and pink flowers, darker carmine pink at the base, appearing in spring. Like all cyclamens, the flowers consist of five upswept, reflexed petals.

Crocus fleischeri is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial with a native range from the eastern Aegean Islands to western and south western Turkey.

Paeonia clusii is a relatively low (25–50 cm) species of herbaceous peony with scented, white or pink flowers of up to 12 cm in diameter. In the wild, the species can only be found on the islands of Crete and Karpathos (subsp. clusii), and Rhodes (subsp. rhodia). It has pinkish-purple stem up to 30 cm long and glaucous dissected leaves. P. clusii blooms in mid-spring.

Lotus divaricatus is a plant in the genus Lotus native from E. Aegean Islands to W. Türkiye.

Microsciadium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Its sole species is Microsciadium minutum, native to the eastern Aegean Islands and Turkey. The genus was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1844. The species was first described in 1822 as Cuminum minutum.

Ajuga bombycina is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the east Aegean Islands and south-west and south Turkey.

Phlomis grandiflora, called Jerusalem sage along with a number of other species, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the eastern Aegean Islands and Turkey. Its cultivar 'Lloyd's Silver' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.

Phlomis bourgaei, the puckered gray-green Turkish phlomis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to East Aegean Islands to South West Turkey. The specific epithet bourgaei is a taxonomic patronym honouring the French botanical traveller Eugène Bourgeau (1813–1877), who collected in Anatolia, North Africa, and North America.

Cynanchica lilaciflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a subshrub native to Turkey and to Greece's east Aegean islands.

Astragalus lesbiacus is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Turkey and East Aegean Islands, such as Lesbos, Rhodes or Samos.

Phoenix theophrasti, the Cretan date palm, is a palm native to the eastern Mediterranean, in the southernmost points of Greece and Turkey. It, along with Chamaerops humilis (the European fan palm) are the only native palm species in the Mediterranean basin; areas forested with these species constitute Europe's only palm forests. Similarly in Turkey, it is the only native palm species; all other species—although much more common—are introduced.

Tulipa saxatilis (syn. Tulipa bakeri) is a Greek and Turkish species of plant in the genus Tulipa of the family Liliaceae.

Arum creticum, the Cretan arum, is a species in of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is native to the Greek island of Crete (Kriti), the Eastern Aegean Islands, and southwestern Turkey. This semi-evergreen clump-forming tuberous perennial has large arrow-shaped leaves. Erect folded-back spathes of fragrant yellow or cream appear in spring, with longer narrow spadices of a darker yellow. The flowers are followed in autumn by clusters of red or orange fruit. The plant reaches 50 cm (20 in) tall and broad.

Iris orientalis is a species in the genus Iris; it is also in the subgenus Limniris and in the series Spuriae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Turkey and Greece, with white flowers with a yellow mark or blotch. It was also known as Iris ochroleuca for a long time. It is commonly known as yellow banded iris in the U.S. and Turkish iris in the UK but also has some other less common names. It is very hardy and has been known to naturalize in various countries. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.

Colchicum variegatum is a species of plant native to Greece and Turkey and cultivated in many other places. Colchicum variegatum is a perennial herb forming an underground corm. Tepals are broadly lanceolate, white, mottled with numerous brown or purple markings, sometimes taking the form of spots, other times forming a checkerboard or chessboard pattern.

Crocus tournefortii, the Tournefort crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae. It is from South Greece and Northern Crete. Growing to 10 cm (3.9 in), it is a cormous perennial with narrow sword-shaped leaves and pale lilac flowers appearing in autumn and winter. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Colchicum boisseri is a plant species in the genus Colchicum (the autumn crocuses) native to southern Greece and south-western Turkey but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. The species is unique for its spreading, rhizomatous bulbs. It blooms well with 5 cm (2") blooms in a bright cherry pink. The stamens are yellow. The flowers have no tessellations, only a white line down the centre of each petal. It is named after botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.

Carthamus leucocaulos, the whitestem distaff thistle or glaucous starthistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Turkey, Greece, and the Aegean. It is known in California and Western Australia as an introduced species and a noxious weed.

Campanula lyrata is a species of bellflower that occurs in the east-Aegean islands and Turkey.

Allium frigidum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is endemic to Greece.

Salvia napifolia is a herbaceous perennial native to Turkey and islands off its west coast, growing at elevations between sea level and 3,000 feet. Its natural habitat is maquis shrubland, rocky slopes, and disturbed roadsides. It was described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1773, with the specific epithet napifolia referring to the leaves being shaped like a turnip. Salvia napifolia is small and clumping, with many upright stems, and soft leaves lightly covered with hairs. Widely spaced and dense whorls of flowers grow on 1 foot inflorescences, with several inflorescences coming into