Plants from NE Turkey

[Kees Jan]

I'm attaching a picture of either Androsace albana or ameniaca, photographed at Zigana Pass, south of Artvin. Can anyone help me with the correct name?

[hadacekf]

Kees Jan,
I think it is Androsace albana. Great pictures of interesting plants, enjoyed them!
Thanks

[Kees Jan]

Thanks Franz,

Here are a few more mystery pictures from NE Turkey: two ferns, an Anaphalis, a Corydalis, an Epimedium and a tree. All photographed on the 6th of May, between Trabzon and a mountain valley above Ortacalar. The two ferns are both from low altitude, the first within 60 metres of the Black Sea and the second from a few kilometres inland, in a dry-stone wall bordering a tea plantation. The other plants are all from woodland at (sub)alpine elevations near Ortacalar.

[Lesley Cox]

A lovely selection Kees Jan, especially the Corydalis. Could the last one be a Tilia (lime) species perhaps?

[Kees Jan]

Hi Lesley, I don't think it's a Tilia. The leaves are somewhat similar to lime but they are opposite rather than alternate as in Tilia. I don't have a clue what it could be though; I don't even recognise the family!

[Kees Jan]

This Chrysosplenium with opposite leaves photographed near Sümela Monastery (south of Trabzon) must be Chrysosplenium dubium (syn. macrocarpum). According to the Flora of Turkey this is the only Turkish Chrysosplenium with opposite leaves.

[Gerdk]

Dear Kees,
I guess your unknown tree (from June 5th) is Staphylea colchica (Staphyleaceae).
Gerd Knoche
Solinge, Germany

[Anthony Darby]

Your tree is a Spindle Tree (Euonymus latifolius) Kees.

[Kees Jan]

Thanks Gerd and Anthony for your suggestions. I have had a look at Staphylea pictures and it is definitely a Staphylea, probably S. colchica, perhaps S. pinnata (?).

[Anthony Darby]

I think you are right Kees? A closer inspection shows the compound leaves, not present in Euonymus.

[Kees Jan]

That's another one solved but here are a few new pictures...

I think the Androsace is albana again but this population near Camlibel Gecidi (2640 a.s.l.) (just west of Ardahan) has darker petals and shorter flower stems. The green fritillary is from the same location.

The Viola and Omphalodes are from a mountain valley above Ortacalar.

The Petrocallis (is it?) and Pulsatilla are from Sogani Geçidi (2230m) near Bayburt.

The other fritillary is from high altitude in the Karagöl Dağlari south of Erzurum, I think the rock type is serpentine. The fern, a Cheilanthes species, is from the same mountain.