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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Palustris on March 22, 2012, 05:59:47 PM

Title: So what do you think this is?
Post by: Palustris on March 22, 2012, 05:59:47 PM

I think I know, but it has the wrong number of petals and the central boss of stamens is wrong.

Title: Re: So what do you think this is?
Post by: Philippe on March 22, 2012, 06:07:03 PM

ANemone nemorosa always has a lot of foliage at flowering time.
A pale hepatica nobilis for me, no? I think I see an old hairy leave of it on the right, under what should be a ranunculus ficaria leave.

Title: Re: So what do you think this is?
Post by: Palustris on March 22, 2012, 09:17:37 PM

Sorry, I labelled the photo wrongly. Yes it is a Hepatica, but even more important, how did it get where it is? It is in the middle of a self seeded patch of Anemone nemorosa and Ranunculus ficaria, a good 80 metres away from the nearest Hepatica and the ones up the garden are either , pink or shades of blue. That's is what had me fooled for a moment. Oh, that and the fact that there are no obvious leaves to it!