Plants, Pictures, and Information
- all about the Genus Daphne
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native to the Pirin Mts. of Bulgaria / up to 0,25 m high and about 0,3 m wide / growing on calcareous rocks, rocky slopes / evergreen / flowers do not open - cleistogamy / self-pollinating / always masses of orange fruits / hardy
Daphne domini is confused with Daphne kosaninii. The colour of the flowers in bud is very similar.
Two signs to distinguish both species: D. domini flowers never open (cleistogamous) and the leaves are green. Daphne kosaninii flowers always open and the leaves are blue-green.
Left:
Daphne domini, flowering shrub
Below left:
view from above, Daphne domini
Below:
Daphne domini with cleistogamous blossoms
Left: Daphne domini inflorescences close-up
Below: fruits of Daphne domini