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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 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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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
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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 (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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