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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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To: TigersEye
The pink plant is actually Helleborus x hybridus "Pink Lady", or one of the many pink/red hybrids.

The wild geranium has similar petaloid features, but the foliage is starkly different.

There are so many hybrids out now, as compared to when I started a 2nd career and new business in the Horticulture industry 25yrs ago, it's mind boggling.

The foliage on that pic you posted looks very similar to the Beltilla striatus, Hardy Chinese Orchid.

10 posted on 01/12/2014 3:26:40 AM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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