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Galanthus in the wild

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Kees Jan:
Here are some pics of Galanthus woronowii krasnovii, photographed 9 May 2007 at west of Artvin (NE Turkey). This plant was found in deciduous woodland and sometimes in subalpine meadows, growing with what I believe is Corydalis solida.

mark smyth:
Those are, as far as I can tell, Galanthus krasnovii.

Kees Jan:
Thanks Mark. Can you explain me the difference with G. woronowii? I'm surprised krasnovii is not mentioned in 'The bulbous plants of Turkey and Iran'. Is it a recently described species?

mark smyth:
if you look at the first photo and the lowest flower you will see a distinct nose on the inner petal. The majority of Galanthus have a notch taken out of the petal. Did you take any macro photos?

Here is G. krasnovii and below it a snowdriop showing a typical notch

Kees Jan:
Thanks! Here are some clearer pictures of krasnovii from Kafkasör Yaylasi, just west of Artvin (NE Turkey).

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