To: Olog-hai
Wrong pic at the article; that IS a variety of pink Helleborus Orientalis:

This is Veraturm alba, which bears no resemblance to Helleborus:

2 posted on
01/11/2014 9:09:59 PM PST by
Carriage Hill
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To: carriage_hill
Ah well. Chalk another one up to the Mail’s many blunders. A few more of those and they’ll pass the “Grauniad” (Guardian).
4 posted on
01/11/2014 9:16:03 PM PST by
Olog-hai
To: carriage_hill
I noticed that too. Good job IDing the pink-flowered plant. It looks something like a wild geranium. Veratrum is definitely quite toxic. Here is an American variety which is thought to cause serious birth defects (think two heads) in sheep.


Obviously doesn't have white flowers.
6 posted on
01/11/2014 9:51:59 PM PST by
TigersEye
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