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Old 07-04-2009, 04:47 PM
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Re: A 2009 plant-hunter's diary

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This one, a garden escape of some kind, looks something like a Fritillaria to me, albeit with totally different leaves to our usual F. meleagris Suggestions welcomed, please
This is an Erythronium of some sort, I'll see if I can come up with anything more exact later

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This non-flowering plant, by a path in Leigh Woods, seems somehow familiar, but I just can't seem to place it.
see Leaf ID. Fumaria? and Foliage ID

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This is either Balkan Anemone, A. blanda, or Blue Anemone, A. apennina; I'd favour the latter because it seems a bit late for A. blanda, but in dull weather the flower wasn't open and I'm really not sure!
I can't see any hairs at the base of the sepals so it ought to be Anemone blanda - I saw some out today so it is not too late.

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And a close-up of one of the many bluebells around the area; this one was well naturalised on the Gorge clifftop, though, and I can't make up my mind whether it's just another Hybrid Bluebell (Hyacinthoides x massartiana or whether it could possibly be the pure Spanish species (H. hispanica?
This looks like it could be really Spanish Bluebell to me - very close if not
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