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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Alberto on February 27, 2011, 01:51:26 PM

Title: Helleborus ID
Post by: Alberto on February 27, 2011, 01:51:26 PM

Hi all plantsmen and plantswomen. Yesterday I take pictures in the wild but I am unable to ID this Helleborus. I walked in the Appennini, Italy, nearer to Mare Adriatico then Mar Ligure. Anyone can help me?
Thank you.
Alberto

Title: Re: Helleborus ID
Post by: Pauli on February 27, 2011, 02:09:33 PM

Helleborus viridis?

Title: Re: Helleborus ID
Post by: Alberto on February 27, 2011, 02:29:01 PM

It looks like it doesn't fit the natural spreading area of viridis, nor bocconei.
Alberto

Title: Re: Helleborus ID
Post by: fleurbleue on February 27, 2011, 09:03:14 PM

liguricus may be !   http://www.hellebores.org/liguricus.html

Title: Re: Helleborus ID
Post by: Alberto on February 28, 2011, 07:22:36 AM

Here is too far from locality of liguricus!
Alberto

Title: Re: Helleborus ID
Post by: Thomas Huber on February 28, 2011, 10:20:40 AM

Ciao Alberto, perhaps you found an outlying, so far unknown location of Helleborus liguricus??

Sei certo che gli ellebori hanno letto i libri e rispettare questi ?  ;D

Title: Re: Helleborus ID
Post by: ian mcenery on February 28, 2011, 10:30:37 AM

Quote from: Alberto on February 27, 2011, 01:51:26 PM

Hi all plantsmen and plantswomen. Yesterday I take pictures in the wild but I am unable to ID this Helleborus. I walked in the Appennini, Italy, nearer to Mare Adriatico then Mar Ligure. Anyone can help me?
Thank you.
Alberto

Alberto this link might be useful. Not yet flowered my liguricus so no point of reference to advise but with the adult foliage not yet showing yet I suppose it could be almost anything even multifidus (bocconei) or viridis ssp viridis  :-\

http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/helleborus.htm (http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/helleborus.htm)

Title: Re: Helleborus ID
Post by: Alberto on March 01, 2011, 08:24:13 PM

Ian, many thanks for the link. I'll check my Helleborus!
Alberto