Giardino Montano Linasia


The Giardino Montano Linasia is a nature preserve and botanical garden located at 720 meters altitude near Monte Linas in San Benedetto, Iglesias, Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy. Opening days depend on the time of year; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was established in 1989 by the Ente Foreste della Sardegna, and realized in 1992 in collaboration with the Istituto di Botanica dell'Università di Cagliari. It is organized into four major sections as follows: open areas; wooded areas; riparian vegetation; and endemic plant collection. Plants are labeled with scientific names and geographic origins.

Species

The garden contains roughly 60 species of endemic plants, as well as some 20 species of nonnative introductions.
Endemic species include: Allium parciflorumAquilegia nugorensisArenaria balearicaArmeria sulcitanaArum pictumBarbarea rupicolaBellium bellidioidesBellium crassifoliumBorago pygmaeaBryonia marmorataCarlina macrocephalaCentaurea filiformisCrocus minimusCymbalaria aequitrilobaDelphinium pictumEuphorbia cupaniiEuphorbia hybernaGalium schmidiiGenista aetnensisGenista corsicaGenista morisiiGenista valsecchiaeGlechoma sardoaHelichrysum montelinasanumHelleborus argutifoliusHypericoum hircinumIberis integerrimaLimonium merxmuelleriLinaria arcusangeliMentha insularisMentha requieniiMorisia monanthaOphrys chestermaniiOphrys morisiiOrchis masculaOrnithogalum corsicumPancratium illyricumPlagius flosculosusPlantago subulataPolygonum scopariumPsoralea morisianaPtilostemon casabonaeRhamnus persicifoliusRibes sandalioticumSalvia desoleanaSaxifraga cervicornisSaxifraga corsicaSantolina insularisSeseli bocconiiScorzonera callosaScrophularia trifoliataSesleria insularisSoleirolia soleiroliiStachys glutinosaStachys corsicaTeucrium subspinosumThymus herbaVinca sardoa
  • ''Viola corsica''