Europe

CAMPANULACEAE, the bellflower family.

Phyteuma orbiculare, found here in the eastern Alps:

CAPRIFOLIACEAE, the honeysuckle family.

Linnaea borealis, seen here in Norway, a genus Linnaeus named after himself because the plants were “lowly, insignificant, disregarded” just like himself “who resembles it” (pp. 124, The Brother Gardeners, Andrea Wulf). What a hoot:

DROSERACEAE, the sundew family.

Drosera rotundifolia, with insect-digesting glands in bogs of northwestern Russia:

ERICACEAE, the blueberry family.

Rhodeodendron ferrugineum, found here in the eastern Alps:

EUPHORBIACEAE, the spurge family.

Euphorbia amygdaloides, found here in the eastern Alps:

PRIMULACEAE the primrose family.

Primula minima, found here in the eastern Alps:

Soldanella pusilla, found here in the eastern Alps:

RANUNCULACEAE, the buttercup family.

Caltha palustris, found here in the eastern Alps:

SOLANACEAE, the nightshade family.

Datura stramonium, photographed in the central Alps.