Sweet Aromatic wildflower in Croatia ID'd by Oron Peri as Helichrysum italicum

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joekemp

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Hi Everyone

I'd really appreciate some help in identifying this flower. I'm only just getting into flowers and would like to built my knowledge of Aromatic plants in general.

I found this on a rocky coastal mountainside in Croatia (The Dalmatian coast) , it was small but full of a sweet turmeric type aroma, it was intoxicating, I would love to know the name to be able to find this aroma again.

Link to picture here >https://ibb.co/ds0aMa

Thanks for any help :-)
« Last Edit: August 15, 2017, 09:43:38 AM by Alisdair »

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Fermi

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Re: Sweet Aromatic wildflower found in Croatia
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2017, 10:13:06 AM »
Sorry, Joe,
I couldn't get the link to work,
cheers
fermi
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Hilary

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Re: Sweet Aromatic wildflower found in Croatia
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2017, 10:51:48 AM »
How weird
The link worked perfectly about an hour ago
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Alisdair

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Re: Sweet Aromatic wildflower found in Croatia
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2017, 06:03:51 PM »
Fermi, I copied Joe's pic from his link - here it is
Alisdair Aird
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oron peri

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Re: Sweet Aromatic wildflower found in Croatia
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2017, 05:32:26 AM »
Helichrysum italicum
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