Eastern leopard's bane (Doronicum columnae)  - Plants in the Landscape
Eastern leopard's bane (Doronicum columnae) also called heart-leaved leopard's bane. Herbaceous perennial plant. Flower heads are 3-6 cm in diameter and solitary on 15-50 cm long stems. Found throughout the mountains of Central and S Italy. Abetone, Emilia Romagna, Italy, June 2021


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lush vegetation  along the Rio Maggiore...
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Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
Hybrid Orchis - Orchis x colemanii ( Orchis mascula x O. pauciflora) This is a natural hybrid between  Early purple orchid (O. mascula) and few flowered orchid (O. pauciflora).
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