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Swiss wildflower ID
« on: October 18, 2010, 11:44:15 PM »
Help!
Jill Weatherhead is doing a talk at our group this Saturday and she sent me some pics to ID - but I'll need help!
She has put some suggestions for the genus but needs the specific name where possible.
I thought the geum was possibly a potentilla; any help would be appreciated!
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2010, 02:38:56 AM »
The one labelled as Hedysarum looks a lot like Onobrychis.
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2010, 07:06:06 AM »
The one labelled as Hedysarum looks a lot like Onobrychis.
Thanks, Lori, it looks like it's Onobrychis viciifolia!
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2010, 10:39:01 AM »
Fermi - some ideas, will do better with my Flora Helvetica when at home.

Prunella = Thymus ?serphyllum
7803 = Scabiosa ?
7983 & pink pulsatilla = Pulsatilla vernalis - often very pink on petal reverse
Geum = likely potentilla but tricky without leaves
Helianthemum = probably nummularium from what we can see of leaves but difficult to tell size.
Geranium .... pratense or sylvaticum but maybe you'd got that far already!

Good luck - I'll check back later and refine these if someone else has not already done so.

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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2010, 01:17:50 PM »
Thanks, Lori, it looks like it's Onobrychis viciifolia!
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Great!   Thought that was very likely (O. vicifolia is a common escape from forage crops in the foothills here) but hesitated to say, not being overly familiar with other Onobrychis species.
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2010, 10:56:15 PM »
Thanks for your help as well, Tony.
I'll send Jill the names so she can update her list.
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2010, 11:53:29 AM »
Tony is correct. The Geranium is G. sylvaticum
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2010, 01:21:25 AM »
Tony is correct. The Geranium is G. sylvaticum
Thanks, Mark. That's both pictures?
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2010, 08:31:24 AM »
A veronica which is still in need of a name:
248926-0

248928-1

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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2010, 10:26:02 AM »
Yes to Geranium sylvaticum for both ... I looked in my F H  last night.  Will try and find the veronica tonight.

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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2010, 06:09:50 PM »
It is Veronica urticifolia.
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2010, 11:41:36 PM »
Yes to Geranium sylvaticum for both ... I looked in my F H  last night.  Will try and find the veronica tonight.
FH to the rescue - no need for my Flora Helvetica as Franz Hadacek has the answer :)

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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2010, 04:17:25 AM »
Thank you, Franz and Tony.
Jill just sent me another one which is a good shot of the mountains but not so good of the plant in the foreground! Is it a prunella?
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2010, 08:59:40 AM »
Thank you, Franz and Tony.
Jill just sent me another one which is a good shot of the mountains but not so good of the plant in the foreground! Is it a prunella?  cheers  fermi   

Looks more like Pedicularis.  Not sure the picture is good enough to tell the species, although Franz probably can  ;D
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Re: Swiss wildflower ID
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2010, 08:22:48 PM »
fermi,
Diana is right, I think it is Pedicularis recutita.
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