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Veratrum album ssp. lobelianum
White False-helleborine
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0815 0301 (2015-08-04)Copyright © 2015 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo May 25, 2015
latitude 46.40146 longitude 13.70200
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Trenta valley, 'Zapodn' place, on the most southern meadow on the left side of the Soča dry river bed, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: Lobelova čmerika, zelena čmerika - syn.: Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. - Habitat: grassland opening, on colluvium, calcareous ground, mixed wood around, locally almost flat terrain, sunny place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 4 - 6 deg C, elevation 980 m (3.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Veratrum album species splits into two subspecies - Veratrum album ssp. lobelianum with green-yellow flowers and Veratrum album ssp. album, which has white flowers inside. Both plants grow scattered in the whole Alpine belt, Veratrum-album-ssp-lobelianum also in other European and Asian mountains. In Slovenia both are present. Veratrum album ssp. lobelianum is actually a very common and easy to spot plant in the Julian Alps, while Veratrum album ssp. album is much less frequent, particularly in west Slovenia. In spite of rather inconspicuous flowers (unless looked from close) of Veratrum album ssp. lobelianum, it is a remarkable plant because of its size (up to 1.5 m tall), statuette habitus and sometimes massive occurrence. It is very interesting also when very young, as some of my pictures show. Its very nicely shaped and 'packed', fresh green leaves appear very early, sometimes protruding the last remnants of snow cover. The plant is poisonous. - (1) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1026. (2) T. Wraber, 2 x Sto alpskih rastlin na Slovenskem (2x Hundred Alpine Plants in Slovenia), Prešernova družba (2006) (in Slovene), p 200. (3) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora Österreich Liechtenstein, Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1018. (4) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 747.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_878/2015_DSC6776 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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White False-helleborine (photographer)
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