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Title: unknown admixture please help to identify
Post by: Catwheazle on February 22, 2025, 10:47:19 AM

Got this one together with Galatus nivalis from discounter.
It flowers much earlier than nivalis.
Please help to id. Could it be G. woronowii?

thx
Bernd

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Title: Re: unknown admixture please help to identify
Post by: Mariette on February 24, 2025, 03:40:02 PM

Yes, I´d think it´s G. woronowii - and a nice one with the green stripes at the tips of the outers.  :)

Title: Re: unknown admixture please help to identify
Post by: Catwheazle on February 24, 2025, 08:21:25 PM

Thx :-)

Title: Re: unknown admixture please help to identify
Post by: Alan_b on February 24, 2025, 09:31:42 PM

It's almost certainly Galanthus woronowii.  Galanthus ikariae can look quite similar and there are rare green-leaved forms of Galanthus elwesii but the chances of buying either of those from a discounter is vanishingly small.  It's all too common to find all snowdrops labelled as Galanthus nivalis, whatever the actual species.