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JTh

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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #30 on: April 23, 2013, 08:07:37 AM »
Much magnified is correct, the rest is not.
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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #31 on: April 23, 2013, 08:26:48 AM »
This is the best puzzle we've had in ages, Jorun - thanks!
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« Reply #32 on: April 23, 2013, 08:45:24 AM »
I must confess it is not typical Mediterranean, but it is described in Polunin's Flowers of Greece and the Balkans as: Widespread on mainland and larger islands.
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« Reply #33 on: April 23, 2013, 09:38:39 AM »
Is it a part of an Arum spadix ?
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« Reply #34 on: April 23, 2013, 03:13:28 PM »
Oh no, sorry again
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« Reply #35 on: April 23, 2013, 09:23:10 PM »
Equisetum?
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« Reply #36 on: April 23, 2013, 09:44:57 PM »
Still far away from the correct answer.
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« Reply #37 on: April 24, 2013, 06:30:44 AM »
The yellow (found in the bark & flowers) is reminiscent of something like Berberis or Mahonia....Something from that family ?  ???
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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #38 on: April 24, 2013, 07:56:14 AM »
It's nothing in that family.
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« Reply #39 on: May 05, 2013, 08:01:26 PM »
Have all of you given up so soon? It is really not that difficult. It is difficult to give a hint, beacuse then you will guess it right away.
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Re: Guess what this is 44
« Reply #40 on: May 06, 2013, 05:46:00 AM »
Is it edible?
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« Reply #41 on: May 06, 2013, 08:26:59 AM »
I don't think this is commonly thougt of as being something you would like to eat, but I had to check that. I found one reference which said: 'The Plants for a Future Database (www.pfaf.org), which holds ethnobotanical information on over 7000 plant species, says that xxxx have been eaten raw or cooked and are rich in protein.
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« Reply #42 on: May 06, 2013, 08:36:53 AM »
 Are they alder catkins?
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« Reply #43 on: May 06, 2013, 08:38:47 AM »
Part of an alder catkin I should say.
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« Reply #44 on: May 06, 2013, 09:01:07 AM »
Congratulations, Jo! Yes, its is a catkin from the common or European alder (Alnus glutinosa). It is not that common in the Mediterranean, but it does occur.
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