Astrantia

..Venice

Visited Nottinghamshire Open studios (Norwell event) in which local artsts display for sale their work in their own home or studio.  They recommended a nursey a short walk away, which happens to be  nominated nursery for the  national collection of Astrantias and was recently featured on BBC TV Gardners World.

.. so I came away with this pictured at home (best viewed in black).

 plantheritage.org

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Statistics:
3 species           
- the highest form of biological classificiation, primarily based on the appropriate sexes and mating types
69 cultivars
 - a variety cultivated (rather than wild) by selective breeding.
77 taxa
 -eg plant genus, common name, county, collection holder name