Several wild flowers to ID

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by lettuce, Mar 19, 2008.

  1. lettuce

    lettuce Active Member

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    1 - Vinca minor ?
    2 - ?
    3 - Euphorbia of some sort? haven't been able to find a species with a red stalk (upper part green, though)
    4 - ? A Lamium? Notice the whitish/light-green median part of the leaves
    5 - ? found it near a creek, lots of those there. As I recall, it has a hollow stalk, also quite fleshy.
    6 - ?

    As always, any help would be greatly appreciated!
    (I'm well equipped for IDing trees...as for wild flowers I only have "Photographic field guides - Wild flowers of Britain and Europe' by B.Press and B.Gibbons... it's ok, but it could be better)
     

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  2. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    I'll second Vinca minor for #1
    # two is maybe in the Fabacea? It reminds me of a pea flower.
    # 5 is neat, but I've no clue
    # 6 perhaps in the Lameaceae?
     
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    KarinL Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Number 2 might be a Lathyris... vernus, I think (my spelling may also be wrong). Would be blooming now (just unfurling here).
     
  4. Michael F

    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    1 Vinca minor (Lesser Periwinkle)
    2 ?
    3 Definitely Euphorbia, possibly Euphorbia amygdaloides (Wood Spurge)
    4 Lamium purpureum (Red Deadnettle)
    5 Petasites hybridus (Butterbur)
    6 A species of Veronica (Speedwell), possibly Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell)
     
  5. Robert Flogaus-Faust

    Robert Flogaus-Faust Active Member 10 Years

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    Most of Michael's suggestions are probably correct except for the dead nettle which is not Lamium purpureum. It is probably Lamium maculatum. I suggest that #2 is a kind of Lathyrus species, probably Lathyrus vernus. I do not know, whether there are any lookalikes in Croatia that do not grow in Central Europe, however.
     
  6. Michael F

    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Agree with Spotted Deadnettle L. maculatum on re-checking; thanks for picking that up!
     
  7. lettuce

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    1 - thanx for confirmation
    2 - certainly looks like Lathyrus vernus
    3 - this Euphorbia's been puzzling me, thanx for solving that one.
    4 - i was quite sceptic regarding L.purpureum because I know that one and I've never seen one with such white blotches. I agree with L.maculatum, that is Lamium maculatum 'Elisabeth de Haas', I suppose.
    (http://www.pflanzen-vielfalt.de/product.php?products_id=910139)
    5 - thank you!
    6 - Veronica chamaedrys - looks like it!

    thank you for your time!
     

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