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Which flower is this?

velkavrh22. 02. 2014 09:39:44

Distinguishing Clusius' and Koch's gentian is difficult. At first glance they are identical—namely the flowers. Koch's gentian is extremely rare and we rarely encounter Koch's. We distinguish them by the lower part of the flower. Koch's has lanceolate sepals narrowed toward the base and connected by a thin white membrane. Few distinguish them. The leaf rosette is also a bit different. This year I'll try to make really good distinguishing photos of both.

Apolonija22. 02. 2014 09:52:19

Brane, I'm looking forward to it. The theory is clear to me, but practice....

otiv22. 02. 2014 10:56:53

Gentian it is, mom taught me,
when our family went to the mountains.
Local names of our mountain flowers,
known to all like a kind uncle. nasmeh

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cico22. 02. 2014 12:31:29

@Velkavrh, nice that for us laymen
you add the flower names nasmeh

velkavrh22. 02. 2014 12:50:14

I'm a layman too, I do this purely amateurishly. Yes, this year my fourth season researching and studying mainly mountain flora, though not neglecting lowland. Improved photography too, but much to learn there. Last year e.g. in 2km radius around home discovered 250 flowering plants whole season. Walked fields, forests, streams, river, meadows, marsh, bogs. Didn't recognize all of course. This year focusing mainly on Črni prsti and Krnsko pogorje, but will take me to Italy too to favorite Planina Pekol and from there Poliške Špike.

Apolonija22. 02. 2014 15:59:50

Brane, I see you've added some more flowers. I like that you sort by colors and mainly by genera. Easier to visualize and remember that way.
Do you know more about the long-stemmed primrose you photographed? I know the tall-stemmed yellow one and long-flowering one similar to mealy.

Adding pics where you can see hepatica is also pink here (many shades—from pure white to dark violet); top is Jasione montana in bellflower family, bottom Carinthian national wulfenia (Wulfenia carinthiaca Jacq.), home on Mokrine above Šmohor.

And some more blue you know. Lp

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velkavrh22. 02. 2014 16:27:26

With the long-flowering one I mixed up the naming a bit. Last year I saw it several times, even around the hut at Prehodavci.

Already two years ago I focused a lot on gentians, so they are close to me. In eastern parts of Central Alps grows only white-colored Styrian gentian. Some hobbyist told me she finds it yearly at Spodnja Komna—maybe. In southwest parts also alpine, similar to Clusius's—growth a bit lower. From small ones also snow, dwarf, Bavarian and short-leaved. Also prostrate, which I have in rockery—cultivated—Gentiana prostrata. Also marsh one, which I haven't seen yet.

Apolonija22. 02. 2014 17:04:49

Maybe you don't know bird seed—top left, I photographed it on the Karst. The plant is similar to narrow-leaved lungwort.

velkavrh22. 02. 2014 17:17:53

I also photographed scarlet-blue bird seed on the Karst.

cico22. 02. 2014 23:33:13

@Velkavrh, sorry, I'm not up to speed,
where is this Baba above Čemšenik, I know
Čemšenik and Čemšeniška planina, which
Savinjčani also call Velika planina
near Trojan, highest peak is Črni vrh,
but don't know about Baba here zmeden

velkavrh23. 02. 2014 09:02:53

Now to our high yellows. In between, some valley one sneaks in that also grows higher.

In our forests and even much higher we find medicinal arnica, which is protected. Last year I found it even in Italy above the Pekol pasture and the find really surprised me.

These I found on the path around the Brda estate.

We will find common hawkweed along forest paths and also higher up.

Common goat's beard is found on meadows and higher pastures.

Lady's slipper also belongs among the tall yellow flowers.

Our valley meadows and also higher up are full of biennial foxglove.

Tufted vetch foxglove from Kambniški vrh.

Austrian hawkweed is common in the foothills - this one from Zelenice.

Mountain foxglove - this one from Črna prst.

Somewhere on the path to the Triglav Lakes valley behind the Ovčarija pasture, above the path, a real yellow carpet of shining hawkweed surprises us. These are about half a meter tall bushes full of yellow flowers.

Right here below the path we see a huge growth of yellow gentian - it is protected. They make medicinal bitters from its roots - gentian.

Carniolan lily or golden apple - our native lily. This one from Stari Ljubelj.

In between, even some yellow-colored ones appear, otherwise they are orange.

Among the yellow ones we could also count the beautiful thistle. Other thistles and teasels are mostly pinkish.

Here is also the soft thistle. The Carniolan one is colored like this too.

This is one of the lučniks - there are several species and I can't distinguish them yet.

Large-flowered foxglove - this one from Krvavec.

Roughly the tallest yellow flower is the common marigold next to the giant goldenrod. We will find it right at the hut on Komna. It is an introduced species. They brought it here during World War I.

Water flag - we see it cultivated in our gardens, in nature around streams and marshes.

Common leopard's bane - this one is from Jošt.

Common golden saxifrage - this one is from Jezerce pasture under Krvavec.

Narrow-helmet monkshood - the only yellow one of the monkshoods, the others are blue.

Willow-leaved primrose. Cultivated plants are also found in flower beds.

Giant goldenrod. It is similar to the Canadian one.

Obirska sivica, this one is from Zelenice.

Field hawkweed - there are quite a few species of such yellow weeds in the valleys.

Apolonija23. 02. 2014 09:38:16

Brane, these yellow flowers bring optimism like the sun that appeared here after a long time. The plant in pic 19-greater celandine /Chelidonium majus/ reminded me of childhood years when we rubbed warts with its bloody milk. It belongs to the poppy family.

velkavrh24. 02. 2014 15:48:11

Today, on a beautiful day, right after the shift, a walk through the groves around home.

Common lungwort is already found, locally Easter lungwort.

Persian speedwell has been blooming for some time with its delicate flowers.

I have already found tevje awakening from winter sleep.

For a nice day, also two cultivated primroses from my flower beds. This is cowslip, grown from purchased bulbs. In nature it is extremely rare.

Another of the first blooming botanical little crocuses. I don't know where it grows in nature. The bulbs were bought.

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otiv24. 02. 2014 17:47:35

Flowers have appeared again,
the year has passed like a joke. nasmeh

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Apolonija24. 02. 2014 20:57:08

Thanks to you both for the taste of spring. Regards

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otiv24. 02. 2014 21:20:54

Apolonija, a little to show spring,
especially on a day rich with flowers. nasmeh

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Apolonija25. 02. 2014 13:21:13

Let me also contribute a spring greeting.

Those flowers you offer, yellow is jarica

Above is stinky teloh and nepozebnik, below next to black dark red from Kozjansko

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velkavrh25. 02. 2014 18:49:22

Now I'm continuing my collection of red, pink and purple low mountain flowers. Of course there are many more species. Many grow lower too.

Mother-of-thyme - medicinal plant for teas.

Fringed felwort. This is not blue, the bitter and common ones are blue.

Saxifrage - there are several species of saxifrage - I can't distinguish them best.

Pyrenean houseleek - beautiful ornament of our high mountains.

Stemless catchfly - plenty of it everywhere in the high mountains.

Globeflower - this one is found in forests.

Common snowbell - this one from Prehodavci - not even common.

Red speedwells - these are from Veliki Špičje.

Rhellikanijeva (black) speedwell. This one is from Črna prst.

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Apolonija25. 02. 2014 21:31:39

A few more like these....

Pink-red primrose, yellow globeflower, orange dryad, pink adder's tongue

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velkavrh26. 02. 2014 04:12:40

My tall red ones will come later. But I haven't heard of orange suholetnica. Rožnordeči dežen is also called Austrian dežen and that confused me last year. Rožnati gadjak I found even on top of Veliki Zvoh last year, otherwise we always find it on Črni prsti. Veliki zali kobulček I even find near my home.

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