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Sibbaldia procumbens
Least Cinquefoil
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0514 1629 (2014-05-20)Copyright © 2014 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Aug 12, 2013
latitude 46.44189 longitude 13.64535
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location
Mt. Mangart's flats region, in the largest snow valley west of the top of Mt. Mangart, 2.679 m (8.787 feet), East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)family
Rosaceae
notes Slo.: polegli žoltec - syn.: Potentilla procumbens - Habitat: at the bottom of high alpine snow valley; moist, hummus rich, calcareous to siliceous, probably locally somewhat acid ground; flat terrain; sunny place; exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, elevation 1.950 m (6.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: hummus rich soil. - Comment: Sibbaldia procumbens is a relatively seldom seen, inconspicuous high alpine plant of Arctic-Alpine origin. It is considered quite rare in Slovenia because it is tied to acid, partly siliceous ground, mostly above 2.000 m elevation. And such places are not many in my country. In addition it can be very easily overlooked since it almost 'disappears' among other low plants of alpine grassland. Its flowers are of undistinguished yellow-green color and very small, petals being only about 2 mm long, very narrow and distinctly smaller then sepals. One almost needs a magnifier to see them in details. Snow valleys on Mangart's flats west of Mt. Mangart peak are probably the best place in Slovenia to find this unusual plant. It usually grows in groups of many plants on flat bottom of snow valleys where humidity and hummus are collected. - Ref.: (1) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 782. (2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007) (in Slovene), p 257. (3) T. Wraber, 2 x Sto alpskih rastlin na Slovenskem, Prešernova družba (2006) (in Slovene), p 85. (4) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora Österreich Liechtenstein, Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 487. (5) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 264. (6) Rothmaler 3, Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, 11. Aufl., Elsevier, Spectrum (2007), p 241.camera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_742/2013_DSC7443 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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