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Plant photos from the Italian Dolomites, P-V


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Rhaetian alpine poppy
Papaver rhaeticum, Saslonch, 6 July 2005


pink cinquefoil
Potentilla nitida, Ciapel, 13 July 2005


purple lettuce
Prenanthes purpurea, 9 July 2006


long-flowered primrose
Primula halleri, 4 July 2006


yellow alpine pasque-flower
Pulsatilla alpina subsp apiifolia, 26 June 2006


round-leaved wintergreen
Pyrola rotundifolia, 11 July 2006


white buttercup
Ranunculus alpestris, 10 July 2006


glacier crowfoot
Ranunculus glacialis, Ciapel, 13 July 2005


another white buttercup
Ranunculus seguieri, 5 July 2006


hairy alpenrose
Rhododendron hirsutum, below Ciampinoi, 3 July 2005


moss campion
Silene acaulis, Saslonch, 6 July 2005


yellow wood violet
Viola biflora, above La Selva, 3 July 2005


For fascinating descriptions of trips to the Dolomites in the 1900s, read Reginald Farrer's The Dolomites, Cadogan Books. His descriptions are remarkable for both the differences and similarities with the situation today. We were able to locate Eritrichium nanum simply by following his narrative.



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