File talk:Plant in Auronzo di Cadore 3.jpg

@Kulmalukko: Do you have any additional information about the plant? For example, was it herbaceous or woody (= a herb or a shrub/tree?)? How tall? Did it have open flowers already, on another branch maybe? If so, what colour did they have? Were they as deep red (purple?) as the buds shown in the photo seem to promise?

Was it a wild plant or a garden ornamental? In which kind of habitat did it grow (forest, meadow, field, garden, rocks, ...)?

Don't worry if you cannot "fill the questionnaire". I'm not on a specific trace which would require that very piece of information for confirmation. I'm just asking, as two of my ideas of what it might be didn't lead to anything ...

... and, more generally speaking, if you don't mind: Basically, it would be good to have that kind of information with all plant images, especially with those of "Unidentified something" species. -- Martinus KE (talk) 13:13, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

I found the plant along a trail at the valley De Ambata (see the coordinates), so it's wild. I don't remember size, but clearly it was not a tree. No open flowers. It was surrounded by shorter plants. Here is the original picture with less blurred background: [1]. --Kulmalukko (talk) 18:48, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer! – Unfortunately, the coordinates are only as good as the map available to display them, and OpenStreetMap does not give much of an impression what the landscape really looks like. No altitudes, very few topographic names of valleys, forests and such ...

After yet another wrong guess, I finally found the solution: Sorbus chamaemespilus. And then, knowing that the photo showed a smallish (maybe knee-high) plant did help to prove it right. Also, the white hairs which can be seen between the sepals seem to be quite characteristic for the flower buds of this species.

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  small buds, your photo from the Italian Alps
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  larger buds, France (note the hairy sepals)
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  opening flowers, Slovenia
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  opening flowers, England (garden?)
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  opening flowers, England (garden?)
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  open flowers, probably in a British garden

Thanks for the beautiful photo, perfectly focussed, with shiny leaves and perfect colours! -- Martinus KE (talk) 22:27, 2 February 2021 (UTC)