Daphne sericea subsp. sericea Vahl (1790) | subsp. circassica (Woronow ex Pobed.) Halda (1998)

subsp. pseudosericea (Pobed.) Halda (1998) /

[Daphne woronowii Kolakovsky] - special form of Daphne sericea ssp. pseudosericea - the legendary ‘Blue Daphne’ - lilac flowering form, found in the mountains of Lake Riza, Abkhazia, Georgia /

[Daphne ‘Collina’, Dickson, 1792] is considered to be a garden form of Daphne sericea subsp. sericea - origin perhaps S-Italy - introduced around 1752

Subspecies sericea is distributed from Italy to Greece around the Mediterranean Sea / up to 1 m / evergreen / scented / on stony slopes, dry meadows / prefers limestone / Daphne sericea plants from S-Greece have the special characteristic that old flowers change their flower colour into yellow (Omalos form)

Subspecies circassica comes from Russia, W-Caucasus / 0,3 m tall and 0,5 m wide / flowers and leaves are less hairy / longer flower tube

Subspecies pseudosericea is native to W- Transcaucasus, Abkhazia / similar to the subspecies circassica / anthers not so visible- deeper into the flower throat / larger flowers

Hybrids with Daphne sericea are:

Daphne x ampla, Daphne x cupida, Daphne x hybrida, Daphne x juraseki, Daphne x kazbali [= Daphne x rollsdorfii],

Daphne x kummertii, Daphne x latymeri [=Daphne x lepida], Daphne x medfordensis [=Daphne x susannae], Daphne x napolitana,

Daphne x perfecta, Daphne x transatlantica, Daphne x goodsoniae ‘Hinton’, Daphne x ‘Rosy Wave’, Daphne x ‘Richards Choice’,

Daphne x ‘Silver Y’, Daphne x ’Zdenek Seibert’, Daphne x ‘Maisy Larae’ (Daphne sericea subsp.circassica x Daphne arbuscula),

Daphne sericea ‘Collina’ x D. sericea subsp. sericea, Daphne x ‘Alpengarten’ and the new three parent hybrid Daphne x ‘Red Pearl’

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