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Turk's cap lily sent on October 22, 2015 (18:00) by Enzo. 0 comments, 235 views.

, 1/80 f/4.0, ISO 800, tripod. Parco Nazionale Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, Italy.

Lilium martagon, Linneo 1758; The Turk's cap lily (Lilium martagon L.) is a plant that grows wild in Europe, Asia and North America. And 'one of the most beautiful and showy flowers of our mountains. The delicate flowers of pink color, dotted with brown, have tepals typically curved backwards leaving ahead 6 pendulous stamens with dark red anthers. The plant was sacred to Mars, god of war, hence its name, and accompanied the old soldiers on the battlefield as a powerful amulet. For some however the specific name is Spanish voice and means "curly hair, but could also result from turkish" martag?n "= turban, to similarity of form. San Pietro Avellana, Isernia, Molise June 14, 2015

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